Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
From: Robert Martin <unclebob_at_objectmentor.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:48:33 -0500
Message-ID: <2006053108483343042-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom>
>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:48:33 -0500
Message-ID: <2006053108483343042-unclebob_at_objectmentorcom>
On 2006-05-30 16:36:38 -0500, Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> said:
> Tony Andrews wrote: >
>> Bob Badour 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?
>>
>> 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.
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