Re: Coding style - a non-issue

Stephan von Krawczynski (skraw@ithnet.com)
Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:42:52 +0100


On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:17:33 +0100
Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net> wrote:

> > You mean "controlled" up to the point where your small environment got
randomly
> > hit by a smaller sized stone coming right from the nowhere corner of the
> > universe, or not?
>
> See "principal" above. There's a random element in the game of bridge, too,
> but it's not the principal element.

Please name another planet where your controlling principle is proven to even
exist.

For a being that is located on a "very small stage in a vast cosmic arena"
(Carl Sagan) you have a very strong opinion about the big picture. How come you
think you are able to _see_ it at all?
Wouldn't it be more accurate to simply admit, we _can't_ see it (at least
currently) and therefore it must be referred to as _random_? Obviously nobody
is hindered to try to find more pixels of the big picture. But shouldn't one
keep in mind that the picture is possibly _very_ big, compared to oneself and
the levels of complexity we are adjusted to.

A dropped stone is possibly only falling _down_ relative to _your_ personal
point of view.

Regards,
Stephan

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