From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.kpnqwest.at!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc2.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Questions about Symbolics lisp machines References: <3C9A12FC.8EC6D8CA@smi.de> <86pu1sfac8.fsf@kirk.localdomain> <87bsdctb3p.fsf@becket.becket.net> <3226103902356257@naggum.net> <878z8gufhz.fsf@becket.becket.net> <873cyncgz7.fsf@becket.becket.net> <87hen3jg8c.fsf@becket.becket.net> <3226213471881050@naggum.net> <87ofha83lv.fsf@noetbook.telent.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3226237805282731@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:09:50 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1017248990 193.71.199.50 (Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:09:50 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:09:50 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:30334 * Daniel Barlow | How is "be paid for accepting accountability for" different from "be | paid for providing a warranty"? That is actually a good question. First impression in draft form: It is not. This is probably not entirely correct and may not remain with this view if you let me know in more detail what you have in mind. Random quote of the day, from watching a nature feature on TV as I wrote the above: "Unlike the Scottish wild cat, domesticated cats have the mentality of kittens. Knowing exactly where the next meal comes from has removed their urgency in life." /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.