22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
12:31 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:23:07PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
Though I am compelled by legal though and legal reasoning, I'm trying
to think of things in an even stricter sense.
I agree that intent is very important in the law, so that's a plenty
good legal argument.
I just always like taking things a step further!
--
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
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..."
Why is this a problem - intent is very VERY important in law.