Subject:
Einstein
Date:
June 20, 1995 13:17
17:01 Jim & Gayla's; Vancouver, BC -- Canada :: 19
JUN 95
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> From: "Charles Eliot"
> To: "'Patrick Jennings'"
> Subject: Einstein
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 10:07:27 -0700
> Encoding: 27 TEXT
>
> "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of
> thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe"
>
> Albert Einstein (1946)
>
> Actually, I never rated Einstein much as a philosopher and/or political
> thinker. But in this sentiment his aim was true,
>
> All but a few of those great physicists who became involved, directly or
> indirectly, with the atom bomb were changed by the experience. Some, like
> Philip Morrison, moved to different fields to expiate their guilt (he
> became an astrophysicist). Some, like Oppenheimer, tried to work from the
> inside to repair the damage they had done (in his case until he was
> destroyed by more ruthless and skillful insiders). The story of the men
> and women who built the atomic bomb is a colossal example of human folly,
> of blinkered vision, of selective intelligence.
>
> Ultimately, the same sense of culpability felt so closely by Oppenheimer,
> Morrison, Fermi, Bethe, Feynman, etc is shared by each of us whenever we
> accept, for whatever reason and however fleetingly, that inflicting human
> suffering might be a justifiable means to an end.
>
> Charles
Patrick.
-- Responses Sought --
On the same day that the Japanese government announced
its determination to use bamboo spears, if necessary, against the enemy,
Dr. Albert Einstein affixed his name to the memorandum prepared by Professor
Leo Szilard recommending that the atomic bomb should not be used against
Japan. In this he joined a growing list of scientists who had been instrumental
in the development of the bomb who, now that they knew Germany did not
possess it, were opposed to its use. Shortly after that, Neils Bohr expressed
the same opinion. Among the scientists who were responsible for the bomb
there was an increasing number, then, who believed that Japan was, to
all intents and purposes, already defeated and that to drop the bomb was
unjustifiable.
| |
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The Day Man Lost: Hiroshima, 6 August
1945 |
0) {
$error_message.=$COM_LANG['not_allowed'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_name'] == '') {
$error_message.=$_REQUEST['r_disc_name'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_body'] == '') {
$error_message.=$_REQUEST['r_disc_body'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_email'] != '') {
if (!smcom_is_email($_REQUEST['disc_email'])) {
$error_message.="Invalid email address" . "
";
}
}
return $error_message;
}
function smcom_flood_protection($INPUT) {
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$result = mysql_query("select time from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where ip='{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}' AND (UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW( ) ) - UNIX_TIMESTAMP( time )) < {$COM_CONF['anti_flood_pause']}", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
$error_message="Flood detected";
return $error_message;
}
$result = mysql_query("select ID from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where text='{$INPUT['disc_body']}' AND author='{$INPUT['disc_name']}' AND href='{$INPUT['href']}'", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
$error_message="Flood detected";
return $error_message;
}
return "";
}
function smcom_spam_check($email, $name, $url, $text, $path_to_page, $ip) {
global $COM_CONF, $comments_db_link;
$try = 0;
while (!$valid && $try <= 3) {
// Initialize and verify API key
$akismet = new Akismet($COM_CONF['site_url'], $COM_CONF['akismet_apikey']);
$result = $akismet->isKeyValid();
// Possible values: 'valid', 'invalid', 'no connect'
if ($result != 'valid') {
if (($result == 'invalid')) {
// Invalid key
return 2;
} else {
// Could not connect to the Akismet server
$try++;
}
}
else {
$valid = 1;
}
}
if (!$valid) {
return 3; // Could not connect to the Akismet server
}
// Pass comment info to the class
$akismet->setCommentAuthorEmail($email);
$akismet->setCommentAuthor($name);
$akismet->setCommentAuthorURL($url);
$akismet->setCommentContent($text);
$akismet->setUserIP($ip);
$akismet->setPermalink($COM_CONF['site_url'] . $path_to_page);
$akismet->setCommentType('Comment');
$try = 0;
while ($try <= 3) {
// Check the comment for spam
$result = $akismet->isCommentSpam();
// Possible values: 'false' (not spam), 'true' (spam), 'no connect'
if ($result != 'false') {
if ($result == 'true') {
// The comment is spam
return 1;
} else {
// Could not connect to the Akismet server
$try++;
}
} else {
return 0;
}
}
return 3; // Could not connect to the Akismet server
}
function smcom_add()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
foreach ($_REQUEST as $key => $value) {
if ($key == 'disc_body') {
$comment_text=stripslashes($value);
}
$_REQUEST[$key] = str_replace('<', '<', $_REQUEST[$key]);
$_REQUEST[$key] = str_replace('>', '>', $_REQUEST[$key]);
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$_REQUEST[$key] = stripslashes($_REQUEST[$key]);
}
$_REQUEST[$key] = mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST[$key]);
}
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%2F', '/', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%3F', '?', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%26', '&', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%3D', '=', $_REQUEST['href']);
if ($_REQUEST['dont_show_email'] != '') { $dont_show="1"; }
else { $dont_show="0"; }
$error_message = smcom_check_for_errors();
$error_message .= smcom_flood_protection($_REQUEST);
if ($COM_CONF['ckeck_for_spam']) {
if (!$error_message) {
$spam_check_result = smcom_spam_check($_REQUEST['disc_email'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], "", $comment_text, $_REQUEST['href'], "");
if ($spam_check_result == 1) {
$error_message .= "
Your comment suspected as spam.";
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbjunktable']} VALUES (NULL, NOW(), '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_body']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_name']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '$dont_show', '{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}')", $comments_db_link);
}
if ($spam_check_result == 2) {
$error_message .= "
Invalid WordPress API key";
}
if ($spam_check_result == 3) {
$error_message .= "
Could not connect to the Akismet server";
}
}
}
if ($error_message) {
print "The following errors occured:
$error_message
Please
get back and try again.";
return 0;
}
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} VALUES (NULL, NOW(), '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_body']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_name']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '$dont_show', '{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}')", $comments_db_link);
if ($_REQUEST['email_me'] != '' && $_REQUEST['disc_email'] != '') {
$result = mysql_query("select COUNT(*) from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='{$_REQUEST['href']}' AND email='{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}'", $comments_db_link);
list ($count) = mysql_fetch_row($result);
if ($count == 0) {
$hash=md5($email . $COM_CONF['copy_random_seed']);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} VALUES (NULL, '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '$hash')", $comments_db_link);
}
}
if ($COM_CONF['email_admin']) {
smcom_notify_admin($_REQUEST['href'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], $_REQUEST['disc_email'], $comment_text, "{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}, {$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']}");
}
smcom_notify_users($_REQUEST['href'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], $_REQUEST['disc_email']);
header("HTTP/1.1 302");
header("Location: {$COM_CONF['site_url']}{$_REQUEST['href']}");
print "
Click here to get back.";
}
function smcom_notify_admin($href, $name, $email, $text, $ip)
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$headers = "From: Comments <{$COM_CONF['email_from']}>\r\n";
$text_of_message="
{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} {$COM_CONF['site_url']}$href
{$COM_LANG['email_from']}: $name <$email>
$text
$ip
";
mail($COM_CONF['email_admin'], "{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} $href", $text_of_message, $headers);
}
function smcom_notify_users($href, $name, $email_from)
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$headers = "From: Comments <{$COM_CONF['email_from']}>\n";
$result=mysql_query("select email, hash from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='$href'", $comments_db_link);
while (list($email, $hash) = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
if ($email != $email_from) {
$text_of_message="
{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} {$COM_CONF['site_url']}$href
{$COM_LANG['email_from']}: $name
{$COM_LANG['email_to_unsubscribe']}
{$COM_CONF['site_url']}{$COM_CONF['script_url']}?action=unsub&page=$href&id=$hash
";
mail($email, "{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} $href",$text_of_message, $headers);
}
}
}
function smcom_unsub()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$id=mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST['id']);
$href=mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST['page']);
mysql_query("delete from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='$href' AND hash='$id'", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
print "{$COM_LANG['unsubscribed']}";
}
else {
print "{$COM_LANG['not_unsubscribed']}";
}
}
function smcom_view()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$request_uri = mysql_escape_string($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$result = mysql_query("select time, text, author, email, dont_show_email from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where href='$request_uri' order by time {$COM_CONF['sort_order']}", $comments_db_link);
$comments_count=0;
$time=$text=$author=$email=$dont_show_email=array();
while (list($time[$comments_count], $text[$comments_count], $author[$comments_count], $email[$comments_count], $dont_show_email[$comments_count])=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$text[$comments_count] = wordwrap($text[$comments_count], 75, "\n", 1);
$time[$comments_count] = smcom_format_date($time[$comments_count]);
$comments_count++;
}
require("{$COM_CONF['full_path']}/templates/{$COM_CONF['template']}.php");
}
function smcom_format_date($date)
{
global $COM_LANG;
$year = substr($date, 0, 4);
$month = intval(substr($date, 5, 2)) - 1;
$day = substr($date, 8, 2);
$hour = substr($date, 11, 2);
$min = substr($date, 14, 2);
return "$day {$COM_LANG['months'][$month]} $year, $hour:$min";
}
function smcom_is_email($Addr)
{
$p = '/^[a-z0-9!#$%&*+-=?^_`{|}~]+(\.[a-z0-9!#$%&*+-=?^_`{|}~]+)*';
$p.= '@([-a-z0-9]+\.)+([a-z]{2,3}';
$p.= '|info|arpa|aero|coop|name|museum)$/ix';
return preg_match($p, $Addr);
}
?>
