From: Eeyore on 3 Dec 2006 16:46 unsettled wrote: > Ken Smith wrote: > > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > > >>Rome gave up trying to conquer Scotland. Read Scottish history. > > > Rome didn't become a world government nor did Scotland. > > Excuse me? I did a double take to make sure it wasn't dumb donkey > writing this reply. Rome not a world government? Hahahahahaha. > Of course it was, in its day. Not it wasn't. The Roman empire was large but still didn't account for all of the known world. Graham
From: Jamie on 3 Dec 2006 18:01 Eeyore wrote: > > Jamie wrote: > > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>>The so called "war on terror" has cost the US a great deal without really >>>>yelding anything much as a result. >>> >>>You're kidding. >>> >>>It's yielded greater instability in the word and more hatred of the USA ( >>>entirely justified this time ). >>> >>>What sheer brilliance. >>> >>>Graham >>> >> >>It would be a blessing if you would talk about something >>that you really know! that way, we wouldn't see much >>of you and give the rest a break! >> >> Just my comments from the peanut gallery.. > > > Perhaps you could explain how it's increased world stability and made the USA > more popular in that case ? > > Graham > I don't pretend to be an expert on such matters. I also know that you are far more clue less about the affairs of the United States than you want to admit. It seems you spend most of your time ridiculing us, when you should be looking in your own back yard. -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: Eeyore on 3 Dec 2006 18:11 Jamie wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> I like reading math books. > >>> > >>>No that bothered about maths. I took an added interest when Mathcad came out > >>>since it was possible to put maths to some real use but I only need that > >>>occasionally. > >>> > >>>>Haven't done that for a while because I've been trying to > >>>>learn all this people-stuff. > >>> > >>>Very different isn't it ? Not so neat and tidy for one thing ! > >> > >>None of it ever makes sense. Whenever some crank posts in s.p. > >>about his theory of everything, I ask if it explains men. It > >>never does. > > > > sci.physics isn't much about physics at all but rather the poor state of US > > education. > > > > Graham > > > you're treading on thin ice! I'm not referring to the real physicists of course but the likes of 'Aristotle Plutonium' or whatever he calls himself. Ok I just remembered his stupid real nym but he might as well be called Archibald Pustule. Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Dec 2006 18:21 Jamie wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > Jamie wrote: > >>Eeyore wrote: > >>>Ken Smith wrote: > >>> > >>>>The so called "war on terror" has cost the US a great deal without really > >>>>yelding anything much as a result. > >>> > >>>You're kidding. > >>> > >>>It's yielded greater instability in the word and more hatred of the USA ( > >>>entirely justified this time ). > >>> > >>>What sheer brilliance. > >>> > >>>Graham > >>> > >> > >>It would be a blessing if you would talk about something > >>that you really know! that way, we wouldn't see much > >>of you and give the rest a break! > >> > >> Just my comments from the peanut gallery.. > > > > > > Perhaps you could explain how it's increased world stability and made the USA > > more popular in that case ? > > > > Graham > > I don't pretend to be an expert on such matters. I also know that > you are far more clue less about the affairs of the United States than you > want to admit. Perhaps you'd like to illuminate my thinking in that case ? You could usefully start with the above issue. > It seems you spend most of your time ridiculing us, when you should > be looking in your own back yard. Do please say what you really mean ! Why do you feel the need to hint at some alleged shortcomings ? Come out and say it ! What is your point ? Graham
From: Jamie on 3 Dec 2006 18:39
Eeyore wrote: > > Jamie wrote: > > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I like reading math books. >>>>> >>>>>No that bothered about maths. I took an added interest when Mathcad came out >>>>>since it was possible to put maths to some real use but I only need that >>>>>occasionally. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Haven't done that for a while because I've been trying to >>>>>>learn all this people-stuff. >>>>> >>>>>Very different isn't it ? Not so neat and tidy for one thing ! >>>> >>>>None of it ever makes sense. Whenever some crank posts in s.p. >>>>about his theory of everything, I ask if it explains men. It >>>>never does. >>> >>>sci.physics isn't much about physics at all but rather the poor state of US >>>education. >>> >>>Graham >>> >> >>you're treading on thin ice! > > > I'm not referring to the real physicists of course but the likes of 'Aristotle > Plutonium' or whatever he calls himself. > > Ok I just remembered his stupid real nym but he might as well be called Archibald > Pustule. > > Graham > Please pick one. so i can relate to your ramblings. Nym may refer to: * The New York Mets * -onym, an English affix * Nym server, a pseudonym server which provides untraceable email addresses * Nym, an alien character in Star Wars * The Nym, a race of giant sentient plants in The Wheel of Time fantasy book series * An 'alien' species in the television series Surface * Nym, a minor figure in Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor * Nym, a character from the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons * Nym, a Corporal in Shakespeare's play Henry V -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5 |