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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP 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: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 12:00:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml From: Ted Dennison 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> Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:59:27 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:59:27 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10462 comp.lang.ada:8339 comp.lang.awk:2854 comp.lang.clarion:21338 comp.lang.java.programmer:74476 comp.lang.pl1:858 comp.lang.vrml:3600 Date: 2001-06-07T18:59:27+00:00 List-Id: In article , Pete Thompson says... > >On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 13:58:13 GMT, Ted Dennison wrote: > >Lawsuits over bugs?! Say it ain't so! Yeah, if that were allowed, then Bell would have been killed over C long before the Justice Department had a change to break it up. :-) >In all seriousness, yes you could try to use safeguards, but there are cases >where you simply cannot defend someone from themselves. How would you put >safeguards on a hammer? A hammer's already pretty basic. The only thing I Right, you can't. But where you can put in safety features to prevent common accidents, like with a table-saw, most people would consider it practicly irresponsible not to. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com