On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:42:55PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
Sorry I beg to
differ, ever hear of an "MP3"?
OK, I missed your last paragraph. But I still don't agree with you ;-)
To be clear, I don't really agree with me either - the consequences
are too radical for me to just swallow.
But at the same time, I can't really think of a cogent
counterarguement that doesn't involve things like "Well, I didn't
*intend* that number to be a program..."
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)lug.udel.edu
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37