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Programming Forum and web based access to our favorite programming groups.In article <rqlof3lrqkc2vjcfm9qm2kvck0q2e7dcs4@4ax.com>, Robert <no@e.mail> wrote: >That's why elevator regenerative braking systems are disabled on Shabbos -- so the work >performed by descending Jews is not used productively. > >All work is not prohibited, just 39 categories, which are called melachot. One melachah >prohibits carrying anything, such as keys and watches. Another prohibits co nstructing; >opening an umbrella is considered constructing a temporary shelter. > >If you really want to be amused, a loophole allows forbidden acts to be per formed 'by >unusual means'. For instance, pushing a button with your knuckle rather tha n your finger, >or writing with your non-dominant hand. The word Pythonesque comes to mind. Or the phrase "straining at gnats and swallowing camels." -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphagat milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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