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- From: sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders)
- Subject: Re: quite unique research?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.044553.27898@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account)
- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <1992Nov16.035345.9575@Princeton.EDU> <1992Nov16.112547.22880@black.ox.ac.uk> <1992Nov16.143026.23853@news.columbia.edu> <1992Nov16.210423.11779@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 04:45:53 GMT
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- roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov16.143026.23853@news.columbia.edu> gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov16.112547.22880@black.ox.ac.uk> microsoc@black.ox.ac.uk (Marc B.A. Read) writes:
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- >>>(I'm still shaking at the memory of Roger's flames to this newcomer to
- >>>Usenet about "concertize"....)
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- >>A pity, isn't it.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >What's a pity? That people can't walk over to the dictionary (or hook up
- >with the on-line OED)? That whole issue was avoidable, and the people who
- >spoke of that usage as being "depressing," "ugly," etc. might have saved
- >their breath.
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- I believe the writer was referring to your penchant for becoming rude
- and abusive when others disagree with you. This was the reason I
- dropped the recent thread on "pro-active" and "impact"; I didn't
- feel like responding to personal abuse and snide remarks.
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- If you'll excuse me, I'm going shopping for some asbestos Fruit of
- the Looms. With Roger around, it's best to be prepared for those
- below-the-belt flames, too.
-
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- Scott Borders
- sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu
- borders_scott@tandem.com
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