Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Personal attacks regarding ada-c++ productivity Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 91 03:14:24 GMT References: <1991Mar15.224626.27077@aero.org> <1991Mar16.000624.2513@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991Mar16.205228.4268@grebyn.com> <1991Mar18.181350.16856@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 29 >> P.S. Ted believes the earth is 600 years old. >I believe that the Earth is 600 years old. I also believe that the earth is >1,000,000 years old. In fact, I believe that the Earth is about 4 billion >years old. >1. Am I to assume that you think the Earth is LESS than 600 years old?? No, and you know what I meant. Ted believes the earth is ONLY 600 years old. He also believes radiocarbon dating is a plot by God to fool unbelievers, that giant men lived contemporaneously with dinosaurs, etc. >2. What is an attack like this doing in a technical newsgroup anyway??? By believing the earth it only 600 years old, etc etc, Ted demonstrates a phenomenal inability to form opinions based on technical accuracy, facts, or most of the current body of science. This inability to be even reasonably objective about data carries over into many areas, including his grasp of software engineering, the merits of C vs Ada, etc etc etc. That's the point: that any opinion voiced by Ted on just about anything technical needs to be taken with a massive grain of salt. Think of it as a self-inflicted anti-character witness. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails."