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Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70

Date	2011-10-16 22:27 -0400
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70
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On 10/16/2011 6:21 PM, Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/15/2011 1:11 AM, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
>>> On 14/10/2011 6:44 PM, Lew wrote:
>>>> On Friday, October 14, 2011 2:22:27 PM UTC-7, B1ll Gat3s wrote:
>>>>> On 14/10/2011 5:13 PM, markspace wrote:
>>>>>> "Pike received word Oct. 12 that Dr. Ritchie’s body had been
>>>>>> discovered
>>>>>> last weekend. A cause of death was not immediately available."
>>>>>
>>>>> And apparently neither did you.
>>>>
>>>> But he did.
>>>
>>> No he didn't.
>>>
>>>> He got that the cause of death is not available. That *is* an answer!
>>>
>>> No it isn't.
>>
>> It explains what is known about the question and why it is so.
>>
>> That is the best possible reply.
>>
>> When something is a best possible reply I would call it an answer.
>
> I wouldn't. At least, if you mean "best possible reply that someone
> could make here and now", rather than "best possible reply that we can
> imagine someone making".
>
> It seems rather nihilistic to adopt the former definition. "How did the
> universe begin?", "We don't know.", and there's an answer!

I would definitely consider "according to source XX then we don't know
how the universe began" to be an answer.

And that is a better analogy to this context than "We don't know".

Arne

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[OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-13 14:20 -0700
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-13 17:12 -0700
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-14 00:40 +0000
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-14 16:59 -0400
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-14 14:13 -0700
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-14 17:22 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-14 15:44 -0700
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-15 01:11 -0400
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-15 08:54 -0700
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-15 15:37 -0400
                Re: Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-17 03:00 -0700
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:43 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-16 01:30 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-10-16 11:19 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-16 18:28 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-16 22:24 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-10-17 21:34 -0400
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-16 23:21 +0100
                Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-16 22:27 -0400
  Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-10-14 13:19 +0100
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-14 14:26 +0100
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2011-10-14 16:53 +0300
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-14 18:09 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 09:28 +0000
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:43 -0400
              Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-16 04:51 +0000
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2011-10-15 18:38 +0300
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:51 -0400
    Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 09:27 +0000
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-15 14:43 +0100
        Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-15 18:12 +0000
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:39 -0400
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2011-10-20 12:39 -0400
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-20 10:04 -0700
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-20 20:36 +0100
          Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-21 20:42 +0200
            Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-21 18:54 -0700
      Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-10-15 21:37 -0400

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