Re: OT:Thanksgiving

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:02:58 GMT, spambait@xxxxxxxxxx (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Only if you think that the climate we have right now necessarily must be the
best possible, or the only one that could possibly be suited to humans.

Change is expensive.

In any
event, there's no reason to believe that we have the ability to alter a
natural cycle that's been continuing for millions of years, one that started
long before we arrived -- and will continue long after we're gone.

Except that our whole history is about us altering nature. There's
no reason to believe that this is the one thing that we cannot alter
more than what we are already doing.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Infinite Loops and Explicit Exits
    ... FOREVER is uncommon because the standard doesn't ... for the same underlying reason. ... > can legitimately criticize ALTER, ... whose programming is characterized by *reaction* -- e.g. to trouble ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)
  • Re: advice on approach for db upgrade script
    ... - if i do it i need to manually find and alter all the referring columns. ... And if for some reason there is a failure I need to handle that (sounds ... As mentioned elsethread, any DDL in Oracle has an implied COMMIT; ...
    (comp.databases.oracle.misc)
  • Re: advice on approach for db upgrade script
    ... And if for some reason there is a failure I need to handle that (sounds ... modifying primary keys. ... and if everything was not ok I would not commit the transaction. ... DDL does implicit commits - so as soon as you do an 'alter table' ...
    (comp.databases.oracle.misc)
  • Re: interesting use of NEXT SENTENCE vs. CONTINUE
    ... >The use of ALTER implies the use of GO TO, and those who disparage GO TO ... >like ALTER even less for that reason alone. ... DOS COBOL, I was faced with memory limitations. ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)
  • Re: Daylight "savings" time - was Ditzy chicks
    ... I'm surprised at you, Hunter, trying to reason with a person who knows ... I just proved two days ago that you can alter ... both a bullet and a Hefty bag full of water by shooting it. ... surprise, but it was memorable. ...
    (rec.outdoors.rv-travel)