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From: Bill Sloman on 15 Apr 2010 02:52 On Apr 15, 12:04 am, John Larkin <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:15:29 -0700 (PDT),Bill Sloman > > <bill.slo...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > >> Gosh, they must be forging all their business cards. How could I have > >> been so naive? > > >Business cards are cheap. > > >> >> People like this visit us a lot, because > >> >> we're bleeding-edge mainiacs who are willing to talk about what we do. > > >> >Self-congratulating egomaniacs, whose inflated egos can be further > >> >inflated by people who pretend to take you at your own valuation. > > >> And send us eval boards to reinforce our delusions. > > >And you find the attention flattering. > > When people fly here to see us, from all over the USA, and > Germany/UK/Italy/France/Canada/Japan, to sell us stuff or ask us to > design stuff? Flattering? Yes, absolutely. And if they bring us really > interesting problems, even better. > > I suppose every "artist" thinks, deep in his soul, that his art is > intrinsically good. But in real life, it sure validates that feeling > if serious people buy it. And this has something to do with your relationship with Linear Technology? -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
From: John Fields on 15 Apr 2010 10:32 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Bill Sloman <bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> wrote: >The problem with your argument lies in your implicit claim to be able >to recognise humour when you see it. --- If that's what you're basing your argument on, then you don't have an argument since I have a keen eye for humor. --- >Since you aren't in the habit of making jokes when you post, and don't >seem to react to comic posts by other people, your claim that I don't >understand humour comes down to your failure to recognise humour when >you see it. --- Hardly. I often post jokes and have enjoyed (and commented on) humor posted by others. Including the likes of John Woodgate who, compared to you, is a veritable Robin Williams. But how can anyone comment on your humor when your life seems to be bereft of everything but posturing and gratuitous insult? Ask anyone here and I'm sure they'll agree that you're a mean old man with a 200 pond chip on his shoulder. --- >You were hung by your own argument, as I pointed out at >the time - it's a bit sad that you failed to notice that your >proposition had been refuted, but it's pretty much par for the course. --- If you truly think you've refuted _anything_, then par, for you, is running a handicap of about 18. Abominable slowman; now _that's_ funny! JF
From: John Larkin on 15 Apr 2010 11:36 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:32:33 -0500, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Bill Sloman ><bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> wrote: > > >>The problem with your argument lies in your implicit claim to be able >>to recognise humour when you see it. > >--- >If that's what you're basing your argument on, then you don't have an >argument since I have a keen eye for humor. >--- > >>Since you aren't in the habit of making jokes when you post, and don't >>seem to react to comic posts by other people, your claim that I don't >>understand humour comes down to your failure to recognise humour when >>you see it. > >--- >Hardly. I often post jokes and have enjoyed (and commented on) humor >posted by others. > >Including the likes of John Woodgate who, compared to you, is a >veritable Robin Williams. > >But how can anyone comment on your humor when your life seems to be >bereft of everything but posturing and gratuitous insult? > >Ask anyone here and I'm sure they'll agree that you're a mean old man >with a 200 pond chip on his shoulder. >--- > >>You were hung by your own argument, as I pointed out at >>the time - it's a bit sad that you failed to notice that your >>proposition had been refuted, but it's pretty much par for the course. > >--- >If you truly think you've refuted _anything_, then par, for you, is >running a handicap of about 18. > >Abominable slowman; now _that's_ funny! > >JF "Slow man" is perfectly aligned with his ponderous and pointless posts. John
From: John Fields on 15 Apr 2010 12:15 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:36:34 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:32:33 -0500, John Fields ><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >>Abominable slowman; now _that's_ funny! >> >>JF > >"Slow man" is perfectly aligned with his ponderous and pointless >posts. > >John --- And 'abominable' with his demeanor. JF
From: Michael A. Terrell on 15 Apr 2010 13:42
John Fields wrote: > > Ask anyone here and I'm sure they'll agree that you're a mean old man > with a 200 pond chip on his shoulder. 200 pond? Is he in 'The Land O'lakes'? ;-) -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!' |