From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 11 19:09:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA23225 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from ppp6475.on.bellglobal.com (ppp6475.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA23220 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:09:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tim@ppp6475.on.bellglobal.com) Received: from localhost (tim@localhost) by ppp6475.on.bellglobal.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA00889; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:05:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tim@ppp6475.on.bellglobal.com) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:05:26 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek Reply-To: ac199@hwcn.org To: Eivind Eklund cc: Terry Lambert , don@PartsNow.com, perhaps@yes.no, nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) In-Reply-To: <19971112030023.06691@bitbox.follo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote: > OTOH, I don't claim to know God's mind (if he exists). He might > refuse to participate in such a complex experiment, thinking it shows > a lack of faith. You could take that a little bit farther to a Biblical view. "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." [Well, people always seem to think that passages quoted from the KJV are more Biblical, but perhaps the NIV would make the point clearer... ;] "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." Be careful of what one is testing... It may be spiritual, but it may perhaps not be God... But, of course, if we can't test it, then it can't be disproven. Perhaps that is why you can't test it? No. Testing leads to prediction leads to manipulation. The tail shall not wag the dog. Where proof is necessary, proof shall be given (if not always received). "If God makes me win $1 000 000 in the lottery tomorrow, then I will believe in him forever more." [next day] "But only if I win another $1 000 000..." -- tIM...HOEk OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names hoping that the resultant code will run faster.