Microsoft Trial Judge Based His Break-Up "Remedy" On Flawed Theory, NotFacts
David Honig
honig at sprynet.com
Thu Mar 1 06:56:16 PST 2001
At 11:02 AM 3/1/01 +0000, Ken Brown wrote:
>Reese wrote:
>
>
>> I don't think Godwin would agree. Godwin's Law is a natural law of Usenet
>> named after Mike Godwin (godwin at eff.org) concerning Usenet "discussions".
>> It reads, according to the Jargon File: As a Usenet discussion grows
longer,
>> the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
>
>
>Of course, as any text grows longer the probability that it contains any
>other text approaches one... just more or less slowly. Godwin's law
>needs some quantification.
Perhaps there are simply more National Socialists out there than recognize
that fact.
........
A sociologist was interviewing a southern farmer:
Why do you think the murder rate is higher in the south?
I guess more southerners need killin'.
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