From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23155 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2021 16:58:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Jul 2021 16:58:01 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 224B1944B4; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:57:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A4E93D85; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:57:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B526193D85; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:57:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49DA093D3C for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:57:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 16AGvJDb2818631 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:57:19 -0700 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 16AGvIHu2818628 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:57:19 -0700 Message-Id: <202107101657.16AGvIHu2818628@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list In-reply-to: <20210710141217.8795F21CD1@orac.inputplus.co.uk> References: <06737C14-1122-4832-BCAA-A37B242F69E4@me.com> <202107071828.167ISgdN2686558@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20210710115135.22FDC21C4E@orac.inputplus.co.uk> <20210710141217.8795F21CD1@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Comments: In-reply-to Ralph Corderoy message dated "Sat, 10 Jul 2021 15:12:17 +0100." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-ID: <2818626.1625936238.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:57:18 -0700 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] Death by bug [formerly The Unix shell: a 50-year view] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Ralph Corderoy writes: > Hi Henry, > > > I'm going to come right out ahead of any path to the contrary and say > > that I'm in favor of the lockdowns that were enacted in the US. > > Death-by-bug is OT enough for TUHS to begin with, though ‘entertaining’. > Can we try and keep the thread to that together with any argument for > why a bug caused net deaths. > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. C'mon folks, is it really that hard to have a relevant subject line? Especially you Ralph, as I know that you're an nmh user so it's just a text editor :-) So while I agree with your example, I guess that I was contemplating the sort of example that makes the public take notice. Arguments about statistical models are lost on 99% of the population. Jon