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Article #4267Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Ben Altman
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:25
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:25
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"Dragan Cvetkovic" <d1r2a3g4a5n.NOSPAM@soli99ton.com> wrote in message news:lmptxu59pn.fsf@lokrum.tht.net... > Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> writes: > > > > > And in any case, all Godwin's Law states is that the probability of > > there being a reference to "the bad guys of WWII" in a message thread > > approaches 1. > > > > So I'd think this represents an evidence of the _truth_ of the Law, > > rather than that it doesn't work anymore. > > -- > > From http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g/Godwin_s_Law.html: > > > Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the > probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." > There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is > over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever > argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the > existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there > is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of > Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be > unsuccessful. This just shows that the theory maybe wrong, but not the law as it essentially states that if the theory is true then Godwins Law guarantees an upper bound to a threads length. But the stated theory shouldn't then be confused as being a part of the law. regards, Ben
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8c9b,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c9b,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,7144e36039d56e89 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-12 06:24:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!nems.noaa.gov!not-for-mail From: "Ben Altman" <ben_altman@deadspam.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux? Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:25:41 -0400 Organization: NOAA Messaging Operations Center Lines: 36 Message-ID: <agmlb6$4lf$1@news.nems.noaa.gov> References: <m3ofdvcs5e.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <r7q2iu48qndcr6qk40codmo6vc1dtaagv5@4ax.com> <m3r8imrvi7.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <0kddiu8m5t1kq59lc2ejrfkb9dlhedpr8n@4ax.com> <m37kk6uqk7.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <uauniuo0frli3me7d8arfsmr60t20kv46h@4ax.com> <m3ofdf62hx.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <agk95b$2gpc$1@dunlop.dowcarter.com> <agkd3i$ltm4f$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de> <868z4idvik.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> <agkia7$mcd8o$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de> <sm5fzyqkroy.fsf@cid.alcatel.com> <lmu1n65aei.fsf@lokrum.tht.net> <agkn4p$m6mv1$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de> <lmptxu59pn.fsf@lokrum.tht.net> Reply-To: "Ben Altman" <ben_altman@deadspam.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlmanb.nws.noaa.gov X-Trace: news.nems.noaa.gov 1026480294 4783 140.90.12.175 (12 Jul 2002 13:24:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@noaa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:24:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000