On Fri, 25 May 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 1 : a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts
> or individuals
> 2 a : the collecting of units or parts into a mass or whole
> b : the condition of being so collected
>
> You have to argue that absolutely nothing more than this
> is being done. For example, the code the parts are not working
> together.
Um. So you mean that if I use a processor with proprietary microcode then
I can't run Linux on it? ;-)
Seems the argument is about where an arbitrary boundry should be placed
and clearly it's not black and white.
-Jacob
--At a global level, the most developed countries "stabilize" the wars among the outcasts depending on how important each conflict is to the global economy.
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