[OT] DMD 0.175 release

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mmmmm...... you are talking about D?

Sorry, just remember where you are


"Kristian Kilpi" <kjkilpi at gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje 
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> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:05:03 +0200, Walter Bright 
> <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>
>> Kristian Kilpi wrote:
>>> And of course cigarette companies. They *knew* 30 year ago that 
>>> cigarettes is harmful and will cause cancer, they just didn't publish 
>>> that information.
>>
>> Cigarette smoking being harmful to health has been known for 400 years. 
>> There was no secret about it. The doctors certainly knew about it. 
>> Anyone who did an autopsy on a smoker knew about it. My father said that 
>> when he grew up before WW2 the kids called cigarettes "coffin nails."
>>
>> Way more than 30 years ago, I knew cigs were harmful and would kill you, 
>> and that's why I didn't take up smoking. It was common knowledge.
>> Smokers and drinkers know, and knew. They just don't (and didn't) care.
>
> When I was a kid, I'm glad that we were informed about the harms of 
> smoking in the school. So I didn't start smoking. I 'dared' not to smoke.
>
> But not all know the hazards of smoking (or drinking). Any country that 
> does not have a smoking culture developed yet, or in which children aren't 
> educated so much, is free game for cigarette companies. And that's highly 
> immoral in my opinion! They direct ads to young people (potential smokers) 
> and send a message: if you start smoking, you will get rich and popular. 
> And lets then sponsor some movie stars, racing drives, etc. so that they 
> will advertise cigarettes.
>
>
>> I've talked to young smokers today. They know all about the health 
>> risks. They just don't care.
>
> That's a shame.
>
> I think something else could be more effective than telling about health 
> risks (of course, one should also tell about health risks too). Using 
> humour is one thing. To make them see how funny and/or stupid it's walking 
> around and sucking a paper wrapper.
>
> For young adults I would create the following humorous TV ad (everybody, 
> use your imagination):
>
> A young, cool guy and his babe are getting intimate in their bed room. The 
> guy dumbs his cigarette, and the girl is laying in the bed, ready 
> (lingeries still on of course, this isnt't a porn movie you know). The guy 
> looks down (at his groin), but nothing happens. "C'mon!", he yells in 
> frustation, "Don't fail me know!". But nothing helps. The camera transfers 
> outside the department, and there is painful (and loud) "noooooo!" which 
> fades in the night. In the screen appears: "Cigarettes cause impotence." 
> And maybe after that: "That's why girls pick guys that don't smoke."
>
>
> Another thing that can be a worth of mentioning, is the need to smoke time 
> after time. You will be a slave so to speak. Let's say you need to go 
> smoking at every hour. Now, for example, when you're going to watch a 
> movie in a local theather. You have to smoke before going in (for obvious 
> reasons), and still you'll have an urge for smoking at the middle of the 
> movie. If you can't resist, you will have to go to outside the theather to 
> smoke. But if don't go, you'll be watching the clock the rest of the 
> movie. And what if you can't smoke inside your house, etc.? I think it's 
> very annoying to stop everything you were doing after an hour and go to 
> out to smoke. Day after day, hour after hour.