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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-08 16:57:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Off Topic: Stupid Bureaucrats (was Re: Long names are doom ?) Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: roedy@mindprod.com Message-ID: References: <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <9fli1b$4aa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B204C82.C2681D79@home.com> <9fqla6$n3o$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fquc7$7o7$0@dosa.alt.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 23:57:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.76.128.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 992044661 24.76.128.193 (Fri, 08 Jun 2001 16:57:41 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 16:57:41 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8468 comp.lang.awk:2939 comp.lang.clarion:21507 comp.lang.java.programmer:74923 comp.lang.pl1:939 comp.lang.vrml:3679 Date: 2001-06-08T23:57:41+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:26:06 -0500, "Chris Smith" wrote or quoted : >Unfortunately, neither Ada nor awk nor Clarion nor Java not PL/1 nor VRML >are capable of solving this problem. (Well, I've never heard of Clarion... >perhaps it can, but I doubt it). I did write some Java code for just this sort of problem, calculating the risks of HIV infection from various sexual activities depending on how often you performed them. See http://mindprod.com/safesex.html The raw data are imprecise, and depend on many factors difficult to quantify, but at least the tables let you make more rational risk/benefit decisions. For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html If you don't see what you were looking for, complain! or send your contribution for the glossary. -- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.