The Endless Loop, Then And Now
by sarabeth at 6:00 am on February 24th, 2006 in Iraq WarOnce upon a time, music used to be scratched out on vinyl discs, and reconstituted into sound by strange machines with tone arms. And the discs were known to the people as LPs. And every once in a while, something like the following would happen to an LP: to honor the sacrifice of our fallen troops we must sacrifice more troops, so that we can honor their sacrifice by sacrificing more troops, so that we can honor their sacrifice by…
When it happened to an LP, it was sometimes funny.
sac wrote:
I don’t get it.
Posted 24 Feb 2006 at 9:10 am ¶
screwtape wrote:
I think she means the call to keep troops in Iraq is like a broken record. One of the popular arguments for it is to “honor the sacrifice of those who have died there” by letting more die there. Thus, it is a self-perpetuating machine that just kills troops.
Maybe sarabeth should consult Jim about infinite looping in programming for a better analogy? That would be a really excellent collaboration.
Posted 24 Feb 2006 at 9:52 am ¶
JimC wrote:
Actually a non-terminating recursive loop which results in a stack overflow would fit your bill…
However, I disagree to a point. To a point it would be unwise to leave considering that our casualty rates in Iraq are the lowest in our military’s history for this kind and length of action. If we get caught up in a civil war and it because clear we are not wanted, then we should leave as long as those left in charge are not setting up a terrorist factory….
Posted 24 Feb 2006 at 10:56 am ¶