Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:36:38 GMT
Message-ID: <GV2fg.15215$A26.355525_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> Maybe - if it means he doesn't actually believe something as
> mind-bendingly stupid as it suggests he believes. However, in that
> case it was somewhat foolish of him not to signal that he was joking
> via an emoticon or whatever, even if perhaps he thought it would be
> obvious. I haven't read enough of his posts to know for sure.
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:36:38 GMT
Message-ID: <GV2fg.15215$A26.355525_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Tony Andrews wrote:
>>Tony Andrews wrote: >> >>>Considering the use of so many button-pushingly ludicrous statements >>>such as "a DBMS is a bucket of bits" and "swapped out for another at a >>>whim", do you not think perhaps Mr Martin was teasing (or goading) you? >> >>Are you suggesting that makes Mr. Marin any less of an idiot?
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> Maybe - if it means he doesn't actually believe something as
> mind-bendingly stupid as it suggests he believes. However, in that
> case it was somewhat foolish of him not to signal that he was joking
> via an emoticon or whatever, even if perhaps he thought it would be
> obvious. I haven't read enough of his posts to know for sure.
So, in your view it is not idiotic to post something mind-bendingly stupid as long as one doesn't believe what one posts? What is your word for it? Mischievous? I would call it idiotic. A mischievous idiot is still an idiot. Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 23:36:38 CEST