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- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Path: sparky!uunet!dcatlas!joet
- From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
- Subject: Re: This is an Outrage!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.164319.13044@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Keywords: eff 2600 jive turkey explosives shoot the president oswald
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <47gowB1w165w@halcyon.com> <1993Jan1.192034.5836@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:43:19 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
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- > Yeah, we know about the "jive filter" too.
-
-
- Fortunately, my wetware is extremely open, and I had no trouble incorporating
- a jive interpreter into it. Of course, that means it's slow, but it is also
- able to work on a line-by-line or even word-by-word level.
-
- --
- Scientist: an individual concerned with identifying the laws of physics and
- chemistry. Scientists frequently dislike being called "engineers", its root,
- "engine" implies dirt, as in getting one's hands covered with it.
-
- Engineer: an individual concerned with _applying_ the laws of physics and
- chemistry in a manner (e.g. through devices) to make life better.
-
- (Prof. Adler would be proud...)
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- Note the absence of moral/ethical considerations, or questions of cost.
-
- -JTT
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-