From: Woody on
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>,
>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial"
>>>
>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies
> > > -
>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this
>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British
>>> universities.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy.

And how is that detectable within a university?


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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on
On 10 Jun 2010 08:56:53 GMT, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

>D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> In article <indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>,
>>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial"
>>>>
>>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies
>> > > -
>>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this
>>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British
>>>> universities.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy.
>
>And how is that detectable within a university?

I am *so* pleased I'd just put my tea down before reading that! I'm
still sniggering.

Cheers - Jaimie
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the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence. -- Nietzsche
From: James Jolley on
On 2010-06-10 09:56:53 +0100, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> said:

> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> In article <indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>,
>>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial"
>>>>
>>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies
>>>> -
>>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this
>>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British
>>>> universities.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy.
>
> And how is that detectable within a university?

Via the league tables or whatever they use? Only messing.

From: zoara on
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> I *really* like the way it's bright enough to dip through "next page"
> links.

That happened on the very first page I tried. Impressed, I was.

-z-


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From: zoara on
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <indv0690i6vcbrf79r8gi0p9i5ddskliu1(a)4ax.com>,
>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Snarking at "the very existence of Arial"
>>>
>>> The existence of Arial - along with the stupidity of funding bodies
> > > -
>>> has contributed to the wasting of hundreds of hours of work in this
>>> department, and probably tens of thousands throughout British
>>> universities.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Arial causes brain injury, lassitude and melancholy.

It gives me terrible wind.

-z-


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