> >> Anyway this is all just another attempt to idiot-proof the world.
> >> Instead of
>
> > Exactly. This government is very big on "protecting the stupid".
> >Personally, I see it as "fighting Darwin"...natural selection can do
> >the right thing if left to its own devices.
>
> Well, I do believe I've seen the absolute height of the expectation
> of stupidity...
>
> There is a car commercial here in the states in which a rock band is
> playing on stage... a car drives onto the stage, and then out into
> the mosh pit area, apparently being supported by the concert
> attendees...
>
> At the bottom of the screen are the words (paraphrased):
>
> "Do not drive on people"
>
We have that commercial up here too, but without the warning
label. They must figure that we are either smarter here, or
have dumber lawyers (both would be nice :-)).
--
Dr. Mark Green mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
Professor (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:06:47 GMT