Quoting Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
> > Hi! I hate america!
> > All americans must die
>
> So must you - inevitably.
The overall odds of dying are 1 in 1. That's an actual statistic.
Actually, so far, it's about 0.92(+- 0.02) in 1. [1]
However, looking to the future, assuming we find a means to immortality
at some point, it's unlikely to be something we forget in a hurry, and
from that point on, neither Americans, nor anyone else will _need_ to
die. Thus all previous lives and deaths will eventually be swamped out,
so the probability will diminish to 0.
Predicting that event, I place the odds over all time at 0.
Most of my coding work is done with gangsta rap playing. Kind of like
how Michael Bolton used to roll back in "Office Space." Although hair
metal could have its place as well.
James Britt wrote:
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Tim Hunter wrote:
> Andy Lester wrote:
>> It's like Poison said back in the 80s: "Don't know what you've got
>> until it's gone."
>
> s/Poison/Joni Mitchell/g
> s/80s/60s/g
Ah well, I sort of suspected that Poison was the Joni Mitchel of the '80s.
(Guilty pleasure:
Go to pandora.com
Create a radio station based on 'Slade' and 'Poison'
Write bouncy, catchy, rockin' Ruby code
)
--
James Britt
"Take eloquence and wring its neck."
- Paul Verlaine
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:00 +0900, Karl von Laudermann wrote:
matt wrote:
Well I hate to be the one to point it
out, but if its off-topic and not Rails related, ITS SPAM! I joined
this list for Rails. I expect a small amount of spam, but not
contributed by the Rails community.
I would then suggest that you are perhaps on the wrong list. This list
is for Ruby in general, not just Rails specifically. There is tons of
traffic that is not Rails related, but is certainly not spam. You
probably want the Rails list, which you can subscribe to here: http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Oh you guys are hilarious... How's that for humor?
Since we're all wasting each other's time... I guess I shouldn't feel
left out....
I mean... we all seem to be very well adept at building this bike
shed... but if we were talking rocket science or a nuclear reactor... it
would be a different story for sure...
No, I think those would be equally off-topic -- perhaps more
I guess that is as impossible as that hatery and stupidity will go away.
But things will become better, death in itself gives a meaning to life. I
will probably not want to die when the time comes but would I want to live
forever?
I adore Asimov's Bicentenial (sp?) Man, pretty sums it up in one word, Dying
is defining Humanity.
Well, nough said but it kind of fills my heart with joy how this tread
evolved from a hatery message.
I am very glad to be on this list even saying stupid things all the time.
Cheers
Robert
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On 1/16/07, benjohn@fysh.org <benjohn@fysh.org> wrote:
> On 1/15/07, Brad Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
>> Quoting Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
>>
>> > > Hi! I hate america!
>> > > All americans must die
>> >
>> > So must you - inevitably.
>>
>> The overall odds of dying are 1 in 1. That's an actual statistic.
>
> Actually, so far, it's about 0.92(+- 0.02) in 1. [1]
However, looking to the future, assuming we find a means to immortality
at some point, it's unlikely to be something we forget in a hurry, and
from that point on, neither Americans, nor anyone else will _need_ to
die. Thus all previous lives and deaths will eventually be swamped out,
so the probability will diminish to 0.
Predicting that event, I place the odds over all time at 0.
> Eivind.
Benjohn
--
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- Alan Kay
