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From: Charlie-Boo on 4 Nov 2009 00:19 On Nov 2, 1:15 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > My 1st. book, "Handbook of Efficiency Techniques", was very popular > > and widely acclaimed. > > I wonder why you changed the title. Your only published book[1] is > "The MUMPS Handbook of Efficiency Techniques: 125 Ways to Make Your > Mumps Applications Run Faster." > > Rather less impressive sounding, ain't it? To those stupid enough to judge a book by its title. C-B > No doubt very popular > nonetheless. > > Footnotes: > [1] Correct me if I'm wrong. You keep referring to it as your first > book, so surely there's a second book? > > -- > Jesse F. Hughes > -- A lesson in meta-honesty -- > Baba: Thanks for being honest. > Quincy (age 7): I won't be honest next time. And that's more honesty.
From: Charlie-Boo on 4 Nov 2009 00:46 On Nov 2, 1:19 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > On Nov 2, 6:23 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > >> Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> > "Zuhair"? It sounds like one of those African natives. Do you have > >> > a bone sticking through your nose? > > >> Congrats, Charlie! A new low! > > > Low? What is low about African culture? > > Nothing at all. And yet, your comment was transparently racist and > *you know it*. A lot of my friends are friends with Black people. YOU are the one showing embarrassment at references to Africa where in fact the names often begin with ZU. C-B > -- > Jesse F. Hughes > > "My name is Apusta Malusta Cadeau and I fight bad guys. And I'm a > knight." -- A. M. Cadeau (nee Quincy P. Hughes), age 4
From: Charlie-Boo on 4 Nov 2009 00:50 On Nov 2, 4:04 pm, Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensi...(a)uta.fi> wrote: > "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> writes: > > > Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > >> My 1st. book, "Handbook of Efficiency Techniques", was very popular > >> and widely acclaimed. > > > I wonder why you changed the title. Your only published book [1] is > > "The MUMPS Handbook of Efficiency Techniques: 125 Ways to Make Your > > Mumps Applications Run Faster." > > MUMPS is obsolescent, MUMPS programs looking like something Musatov I laughed when he blatantly judged a book by its title. Now you best him: You attack (judge) someone (with impeccable credentials in an area) based on the programming language they use. C-B > would post in his spare moments. I expect Charlie has rewrote his book > using F#. About the marvel that is MUMPS see e.g. > > http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A_Case_of_the_MUMPS.aspx > > -- > Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensi...(a)uta.fi) > > "Wovon mann nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen" > - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
From: Charlie-Boo on 4 Nov 2009 01:38 On Nov 3, 1:30 am, Marshall <marshall.spi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 2, 7:30 am, Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 9:33 am, Marshall <marshall.spi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 4:43 am, Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Nov 2, 6:23 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > > > > > > Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > "Zuhair"? It sounds like one of those African natives. Do you have > > > > > > a bone sticking through your nose? > > > > > > Congrats, Charlie! A new low! > > > > > Low? What is low about African culture? > > > > >http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com... > > > > Unfortunately for your argument Papua New Guinea is not in Africa. > > > That's where the picture was taken, but that doesn't say the guy isn't > > from Africa. > > The caption says "Highlands man ..." referring to the highlands > of Papua New Guinea. But perhaps he lived in Africa in a previous > life. OMG He's arguing about whether a guy's from Africa or not. 1. I abbreviated the title of my 1st book. 2. I use a bad programming language. 3. The guy isn't from Africa. What to do when your axiomatic theory is refuted repeatedly? Alas, arithmetic totters. C-B > > I run circles around you guys (and gals if any) logically. > > LOL. Indeed, the fact that you can question whether a picture > of a resident of Papua New Guinea might have come from > Africa completely validates your approach of making fun > of zuhair's name. That is logic for you; never know where > it's going to lead. > > Marshall- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
From: Jesse F. Hughes on 4 Nov 2009 06:03
Charlie-Boo <shymathguy(a)gmail.com> writes: > On Nov 2, 1:15 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: >> Charlie-Boo <shymath...(a)gmail.com> writes: >> > My 1st. book, "Handbook of Efficiency Techniques", was very popular >> > and widely acclaimed. >> > > I wonder why you changed the title. Your only published book[1] > is >> "The MUMPS Handbook of Efficiency Techniques: 125 Ways to Make Your >> Mumps Applications Run Faster." >> > > Rather less impressive sounding, ain't it? > > To those stupid enough to judge a book by its title. Evidently you judge a book by its title, too. Otherwise, why would you pretend that it had a different title? -- Jesse F. Hughes "Mistakes are big part of the discovery process. I make lots of them. Kind of pride myself on it." -- James S. Harris |