On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:42:55PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > Sorry I beg to differ, ever hear of an "MP3"? > > OK, I missed your last paragraph. But I still don't agree with you ;-) To be clear, I don't really agree with me either - the consequences are too radical for me to just swallow. But at the same time, I can't really think of a cogent counterarguement that doesn't involve things like "Well, I didn't *intend* that number to be a program..." -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37