From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in article
, TJ wrote:
>Moe Trin wrote:
>> In most cases, you'd probably get away with bidding from a
>> hot-spot, but the risk is non-zero. (But then, the risk of eBay
>> isn't exactly zero either.)
>If looking for non-zero risk in anything,
including typing? Look no further folks - we have all the risk you
need right here - and we're _giving_ it away [1] ;-) (Yes, I saw
the correction, but that's the risk you take, no?)
>you need to be somewhere other than Earth. Actually, somewhere other
>than our current space-time continuum.
True, there is no totally risk-free anything (no matter what the
advertisements say). Even staying at home in your bomb shelter 24/7
has risks - if nothing else, from that asteroid over -->
there. At least you're probably NOT going to be injured by a frozen
moose falling without warning from the skies.
>Personally, I think a risk-free life sounds like the most incredibly
>boring thing I can think of.
Avoiding unnecessary risk may involve extra steps, but is that a
reason to ignore (or seek) risk? Or is it only necessary to avoid
the catastrophic risks? Piloting an airplane has been described as
"hours and hours of pure boredom, punctuated by occasional moments of
absolute terror". The reason that's the case is that we take
considerable care to avoid the unnecessary risk. Before we get into
the plane, we walk around it and look for possible problems. That
includes checking the oil level in the engine[s], seeing that there
is adequate fuel in the tanks, and so on. We have oil pressure and
fuel quantity gauges in the cockpit, but we still make the physical
check. Paranoia? Or common sense?
Old guy
[1] Shipping, license, taxes and fees not included, not all will
qualify, void where prohibited by law, offer expires January 3.
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