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- From: lms@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Max Stern 310-524-6152)
- Subject: Re: DVORAK keyboard?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.232648.3046@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
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- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
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- References: <1ij4h2INNocb@uwm.edu> <1993Jan8.192059.21262@mprgate.mpr.ca> <1993Jan8.211305.13643@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 23:26:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.211305.13643@rigel.econ.uga.edu> dwivian@helena.stat.uga.edu (Dwivian Unterschreiber) writes:
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- [...]
- >
- >I could extend your argument this way, if you like:
- >Cars were designed to go fast. An unfortunate (matter of point of
- >view) side effect is that people die. To prevent this laws were
- >passed limiting the speed of cars to 55MPH, as the speed of impact
- >was proven to be a leading cause of automotive fatalities[...]
- >
-
- Sorry, it's your turn to get the "bzzzt." The 55MPH speed limit was
- introduced for the primary and very specific reason of SAVING FUEL
- (i.e., energy). The saving of lives turned out to be a salutary
- side-effect. BTW, I would guess that this saving was more related to
- a reduction in the NUMBER of accidents than to their severity.
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