Post #158,084
6/2/04 10:04:22 AM
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What was the name of that famous Greek Ruler
who had people's heads and feet chopped off if they were too long to fit on his bed, or stretched them with ropes if they were too short. "Procrustos" is the name that comes to mind.
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Buy high, sell sober.
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Post #158,086
6/2/04 10:18:07 AM
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Procrustes, I believe
Hence, the term 'Procrustean solution'.
Tom Sinclair
"While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you
see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and
important facts of the universe."
Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're
absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance."
-- Discworld scientists at work
(Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
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Post #158,089
6/2/04 10:40:15 AM
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Sounds like a breakfast cereal...
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #158,099
6/2/04 11:18:43 AM
6/2/04 11:18:57 AM
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But he wasn't a king
Merely the owner of a house (and "miraculous bed!") who Theseus killed on his way to Athens.
Cheers,
Ben
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
- [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Edited by ben_tilly
June 2, 2004, 11:18:57 AM EDT
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Post #158,105
6/2/04 11:59:12 AM
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Roight, *I* didn't vote for 'im!
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #158,182
6/2/04 6:52:14 PM
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The Original 'spreadsheet'
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Post #158,219
6/3/04 1:57:04 AM
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What? VisiCalc The Great, Emperor Of The Known World?
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
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Post #158,226
6/3/04 3:44:17 AM
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Danicvs Briklinvs I [*]
.. and he made a present of it! to all the grubby little accountants everywhere.
Musta known it would be Pandora's Box, lead to Beastware, more Black Tulip crazes and terminal ennui, just after burnout is complete.
[*] surely the genetic antecedent of er Adobe..
- muddying up the works.
..the sly fox
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Post #158,278
6/3/04 2:37:02 PM
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"One size fits all"
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
- [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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