From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-08 07:15:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newsfeed.planete.net!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Off Topic: Stupid Bureaucrats (was Re: Long names are doom ?) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:52:04 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9fqla6$n3o$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 992008326 23672 136.170.200.133 (8 Jun 2001 13:52:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Jun 2001 13:52:06 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8406 comp.lang.awk:2898 comp.lang.clarion:21439 comp.lang.java.programmer:74758 comp.lang.pl1:903 comp.lang.vrml:3641 Date: 2001-06-08T13:52:06+00:00 List-Id: Well that raises a whole can of worms - how the media, et alia are out screaming how we need all kinds of gun safety laws "to protect the children" when in point of fact, more are killed every year in back yard swimming pools. The proper algorithm ought to be to sort on the number of deaths per anum & get them in descending order. Start at the top of the list and work your way down. But there is a whole class of people in this world who can't seem to be happy unless they are running everyone else's life. Maybe it gives them a sense of superiority. ("You're too stupid to live unless I'm here to help you...") Or maybe it makes them feel needed. ("I must be a good person because I'm protecting the poor wretches who would otherwise lie down in traffic if I weren't there to stop them...") In any event, they generally forget the most fundamental of all human rights: Free Will. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Larry Elmore" wrote in message news:3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com... > > Try reading the instructions on a can of instant coffee. Most tell you > to heat water to boiling and pour it over the powder/crystals, stir it, > and then to enjoy it -- _carefully_ (dont gulp it) because the coffee > will be HOT. Duh... > > > As for the hammer? I'd suggest OSHA require they all be wrapped in > > styrofoam. :-) > > Though you'd never guess it from TV news, more small children die in the > US from drowning in large buckets than from firearms accidents. OSHA > carefully studied this. Among the recommended possible solutions > suggested by their committee were to require _holes_ in the bottoms of > large buckets, or rounded, non-flat bottoms so they can't stand up on > their own and so tip over! This got a lot of ridicule in the press some > years ago as a prime example of government bureaucrats at their finest. > > Larry