The Art of Being Obnoxious
Robert
disagree disagree disagree
trivialize trivialize trivialize
extend extend extend
abstract abstract abstract
condescend condescend condescend
negative negative negative
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Kevin Aylward
"Robert" <rom...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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I see your talking about yourself again Robert.
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Robert
Kevin Aylward wrote:
> "Robert" <rom...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3AD9E7F4...@earthlink.net...
> > argue argue argue
> >
> > disagree disagree disagree
> >
> > trivialize trivialize trivialize
> >
> > extend extend extend
> >
> > abstract abstract abstract
> >
> > condescend condescend condescend
> >
> > negative negative negative
> >
> > repeat repeat repeat
> >
>
> I see your talking about yourself again Robert.
I see your [sic] talking about yourself again [sic] Robert
I see your [sic] talking about yourself again [sic] Robert
I see your [sic] talking about yourself again [sic] Robert
parrot parrot parrot
Win Hill
>>> disagree disagree disagree
>>> trivialize trivialize trivialize
>>> extend extend extend
>>> abstract abstract abstract
>>> condescend condescend condescend
>>> negative negative negative
>>> repeat repeat repeat
>>
>> I see your talking about yourself again Robert.
>
> I see your [sic] talking about yourself again [sic] Robert
"Again" is misspelled?
Actually, I have a relevant story. In 1978 when Paul and
I were seeking a name for our book, the immediate technical
arena had no "Art of xxx" books in to my knowledge. But I
was thinking of two very popular books: The Joy of Cooking
(published in 1975) and The Joy of Sex.
Although The Joy of Electronics seemed appropriate, given
our attitude, somehow it didn't seem quite appropriate or
right for the marketplace. But, The Joy of Electronics
did make me immediately think of The Art of Electronics.
Who knows what other inspiration lurked in the back of my
mind in this idea?
Paul liked it and so did our publisher, it described the
goal of our book, common facts, methods, tricks and obscure
inside knowledge of the practicing engineer, rather than
basic engineering theory. After this insight, the title
The Joy of Electronics no longer seemed appropriate at all.
The relevance of my story?
It seems to me that Robert, John and all the others who
regularly trade barbs here on s.e.d. may well be practicing
The Art of Being Obnoxious, but a better insight to their
practice may be titled, The Joy of Being Obnoxious.
To this we can add, The Joy of Reading Obnoxious.
- Win
Winfield Hill
Rowland Institute for Science
100 Edwin Land Blvd
Cambridge, MA 02142-1297
R. Lewis
Robert <rom...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
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An atom walked into a bar looking glum and orders a beer.
The barman notices the atoms demeanor and trys to spark up a conversation.
"Things not going too well?" he asked
"No" said the atom
"Nothing to serious I hope"
"Well" says the atom, "I don't know how but I have lost an electron"
"Are you sure"? asks the astonished barman
"I'm positive" came the reply.
Dave Dilatush
> It seems to me that Robert, John and all the others who
> regularly trade barbs here on s.e.d. may well be practicing
> The Art of Being Obnoxious...
Ah, yes. Tao-Bo, the ancient martial art wherein one vanquishes one's
adversary with revulsion. He who walks away in disgust first, loses.
John Fields
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Ken
John Fields wrote:
> These are instructions, right?
Or a moment of lucid introspection.
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Robert
"R. Lewis" wrote:
>
>
> An atom walked into a bar looking glum and orders a beer.
> The barman notices the atoms demeanor and trys to spark up a conversation.
> "Things not going too well?" he asked
> "No" said the atom
> "Nothing to serious I hope"
> "Well" says the atom, "I don't know how but I have lost an electron"
> "Are you sure"? asks the astonished barman
> "I'm positive" came the reply.
Thank you for bringing back the happy memories of childhood- when I last read
Gamow..:))
Jim_Thompson
wrote:
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|An atom walked into a bar looking glum and orders a beer.
|The barman notices the atoms demeanor and trys to spark up a conversation.
|"Things not going too well?" he asked
|"No" said the atom
|"Nothing to serious I hope"
|"Well" says the atom, "I don't know how but I have lost an electron"
|"Are you sure"? asks the astonished barman
|"I'm positive" came the reply.
ROTFLMAO ;-)
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Rex Allers
wrote:
>Robert wrote:
>>
>> I see your [sic] talking about yourself again [sic] Robert
>> parrot parrot parrot
>
> "Again" is misspelled?
>
I think he meant it should be "again, Robert". How Robert- can be
critical- about other people's- punctuation- amazes me.
Rex Allers
My favorite part, so far, of the current flying circus conversation
was this:
Robert wrote:
>
>
>"William L. Bahn" wrote:
>>
>> A simple search of bookstore data bases reveals over 30,000 title
>> categorized under "Engineering" (though they are clearly very loose with
>> their definition of "engineering") that have the phrase "The Art of" in
>> the title. Many of them well precede the 1980 first publication date of
>> H&H AoE.
>
>Don't you think I ran the search on Amazon and got 32,000 hits?- Way ahead
>of you.
>
I almost fell out of my chair when I read that.
Robert reminds me more and more of Monty Python. In this part I
think of the knight with his arms cut off itching for more fight,
"Cummon, its just a scratch. Is that the best you can do?", etc.
In fact, if you read some of his rants thinking of a high screeching
voice like the Monty Python spam skits, it seems to go down a lot
better.
Just an aside thought.
-Rex
Keith Wootten
<wh...@mediaone.net> writes
[snip]
> Actually, I have a relevant story. In 1978 when Paul and
> I were seeking a name for our book, the immediate technical
> arena had no "Art of xxx" books in to my knowledge. But I
> was thinking of two very popular books: The Joy of Cooking
> (published in 1975) and The Joy of Sex.
>
> Although The Joy of Electronics seemed appropriate, given
> our attitude, somehow it didn't seem quite appropriate or
> right for the marketplace. But, The Joy of Electronics
> did make me immediately think of The Art of Electronics.
> Who knows what other inspiration lurked in the back of my
> mind in this idea?
I do, maybe?
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig 1974 ISBN: 0688002307
Very popular among engineers/hippies.
Cheers
--
Keith Wootten
Matthew van de Werken
"Keith Wootten" <Ke...@wootten.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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Great book. I have it on my bookshelf (along with a copy of AofE - when's
the third edition out, Win?).
Cheers,
MvdW
Robert
Rex Allers wrote:
How Robert can be critical of other peoples' punctuation amazes me.
John Fields
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How Robert can be critical amazes me.
Rex Allers
wrote:
>
>
>Rex Allers wrote:
>
>> How Robert- can be
>> critical- about other people's- punctuation- amazes me.
>
>Rex is it? - and with the totally fake email address and a totally
>forger header. You are scared of something little coward now aren't you.
The email address is just loaded with some extra nospam baggage. The
real one is in there. And the header is in no way forger [sic]. I
made no attempt to hide, other than from stupid spambots.
-Rex
Rex Allers
wrote:
Ok, you made me look. From "The Gregg Reference Manual":
Plural Nouns
For an irregular plural noun (one that does not end in s), add an
apostrophe plus s to form the plural possesive.
women's coats children's toys
-Rex
Spehro Pefhany
> That's because you're taking it at face value- and you're not very bright.
You certainly can put a down spin on things.
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Robert, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
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