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[Derek Broughton]

Brian Fahrlander wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>> 
>>>      echo "'She\'s safe.' | mail -S"Notice" me at mysite" | at now + 28
>>>      days
>>>
>>>      That was one fun use of Unix, back when I was married...  :)
>>>
>> 
>> Thankfully, technology has advanced beyond that...
> 
>     Not really...it just looks like it has. Technology is a funny thing;
> there are two things that have never changed: The choices we make, and
> the way we treat people.  From the Abacus to the atom bomb, we're all
> still doing the same kinds of things, it's just nowdays we're spending
> less time doing laundry.
> 
>     Einstein addressed Congress in the wayback; he said "Modern man sees
> himself as a higher being of sorts with his new technology, over the
> primitive man.  But the primitive man knows how to make his *own* bow
> and arrow; the rest of us can make no such claim." (Paraphrased)
> 
>     In the issue above, there's abstinence, or there's a 99% chance-
> never 100, kinda like in germ-killing. Only one course of action
> prevents problems with this issue; isn't that odd?
 
True, but the modern technology I was thinking of - while not as effective
as abstinence - is still much more effective than rhythm :-)

And I _can_ make my own bow (I'm less confident about arrows - the damn
things need to be straight!)
-- 
derek