> Eugene Leitl[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Aimee Farr wrote: > > > See Clausewitz. > > See 49 BC Julius Ceasar. > > See "failure to provide context". > There's a fine balance between assuming a common background which provides shorthand referents, and being a showoff.
Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian militarist and intellectual around 1800. He is mainly remembered for his book 'On War' which was the first Western theoretical treatise on war and warfare. http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/On_War/ONWARTOC.html Julius Ceasar was one of the principles in the Roman Civil War. In 49 BC he and his army crossed the Rubicon, a river outside of Rome. This is regarded as the tipping point at which he showed himself to be fully committed to seizing power. After you cross the Rubicon, there is no going back. Peter Trei
