On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:23:07PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > 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..." > > Why is this a problem - intent is very VERY important in law. Though I am compelled by legal though and legal reasoning, I'm trying to think of things in an even stricter sense. I agree that intent is very important in the law, so that's a plenty good legal argument. I just always like taking things a step further! -- 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