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Subject: [Leica] Hoppy and a German Phrase
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Mon Mar 3 19:32:35 2008
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There is a turnabout variation of this called The Totalitarian  
Principle of Physics: "Everything that is not prohibited is  
compulsory." From Murray Gell-Mann, borrowed from "The Once and Future  
King", it has a literal meaning restricted to particle interactions,  
but a more whimsical (or philosophical, maybe the same thing)  
universal meaning in physics.

--howard


On Feb 29, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> Marc
>
> Even when written correctly , "Alles, was nicht Pflicht ist, ist  
> verboten" is a phrase I have never heard. If you meant "compulsory"  
> than "cumpolsury", this would mean "gesetzlich, vorgeschrieben,  
> obligatorisch" but also in all this combinations I do not know it as  
> a popular phrase.
>
> Hoppy alluded to "Alles, was nicht ausdr?cklich erlaubt ist, ist  
> verboten" (roughly translated in "Everything, which is not  
> explicitely allowed, is prohibited") which I can believe having  
> heard about our neighbour country (and also mine).
>
> "Mein Herr" is a hopelessly antiquated form of adress.
>
> Didier
>
>
>> Nein, Meinherr.  The proper phrase is, "alles was ist nichte  
>> pflichte ist verboten", everything which is not cumpolsury is  
>> forbidden.
>>
>> Marc
>
>
>
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