Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!130.81.64.211.MISMATCH!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny01.POSTED!9244eeff!not-for-mail From: "David Cressey" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <1149564416.700225.276570@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Bob Badour:your credentials Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: <50ehg.2857$LN1.2114@trndny01> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:52:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.127.7.224 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny01 1149594753 71.127.7.224 (Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:52:33 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:52:33 EDT Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:41078 "Rich Ryan" wrote in message news:iJ6hg.132882$F_3.45678@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... > > "Mikito Harakiri" wrote in message > news:1149564416.700225.276570@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Rich Ryan wrote: > > > Do you work? You are very acerbic. So who the heck are you? > > > > Does it really matter? Stick to the topic. > > > > Yes and no. Thanks. But that guy pushes my buttons, just like my brother > does. > He ain't your brother. He's a heavy. In one sense, his credentials don't matter any more than yours or mine. There's an easy way to get him to explain his credentials: call him a "self aggrandizing ignorant" and wait for him to defend himself. However, he may have anticipated this gambit, so the element of surprise may have been lost.