Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!gecrdvm1!gipp From: GIPP@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Fred's Operatic Death Message-ID: <91168.084950GIPP@GECRDVM1.BITNET> Date: 17 Jun 91 12:49:50 GMT References: <1991Jun7.215211.22450@sequent.com> <1991Jun14.083756.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> <1991Jun17.055344.8332@sequent.com> Organization: General Electric Corporate Research & Development Lines: 39 In article <1991Jun17.055344.8332@sequent.com>, szabo@sequent.com says: > >In article <1991Jun14.083756.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> kent@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes: > >>The kind of arrogant attitude you project with statements like "astronaut >>groupies" and implying that pro-manned space people call finaciers "Bean >>counters" makes me discount your arguments. > >"Astronaut groupie" is a description based on observations of people >flocking out to Edwards to watch the Shuttle land, getting astronaut's >autographs, and worshipping deceased astronauts as martyrs. This is >very similar to the behavior of a rock band groupie. I don't see >any reason to make my language less descriptive of reality. Reality is in the eye of the beholder. I could probably say the same things about those who drool and wet their pants thinking about a robotic mission, but it probably wouldn't describe the majority of AI advocates. > >Some of these people do in fact call the politicians who fund their >programs, and people who keep track of those funds, "bean counters". >_That_ is arrogance. There have been at least 3 examples of this Why is it arrogance? If you count beans, you're a bean counter. nothing wrong with being called a pencil pusher, a desk jockey, etc, etc. Now, if they call you a honeywagon you had best don your gloves, cause thems fighting words. >statements. Quit wasting my tax money making self-serving posts to the >net. Quit wasting my money on engineer-welfare projects like Fred. Get a >real job. > hey, guess who woke up and found Fred still funded? > >-- >Nick Szabo szabo@sequent.com >Embrace Change... Keep the Values... Hold Dear the Laughter... >These views are my own, and do not represent any organization.