On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 15:52 -0500, Rob wrote:
On Wed February 22 2006 22:14, Jan Depner wrote:
Lee, I think you're preaching to those
who feel they have
a right to anything merely because they want it.
I guess if you can't come up with a solid argument in favor of
pretending bits are atoms, ad-hominem attacks will have to do.
Rob, I already answered that question. If you didn't understand it
I'm sorry. Are you saying that all programs are just integers and no
one should be able to copyright them?
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Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
The Fuzzy Dice
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html
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