is wilma scranton really james harris?
thinkit
person is male. pardon my sexism, but i don't see any woman flaming someone
over a math problem. this little soap opera is toooo funny.
i say wilma is most likely james, or it could be some other MALE.
of course, nobody can ever really know. has anybody met or talked with either
of them?
Steve Leibel
wrote:
Well there's a posted transcript of a supposed chat session they all had
one day in which Wilma and James dialogued. Plus Wilma busted James one
day for his religion and I had to get in there with a round of "attack
the speech, not the speaker," so I don't think they are the same person.
Joshua E Millard
>not that james harris is his real name.
I think it's time we start some sort of JSH betting pool. Next move,
keywords in upcoming subject lines, rate of posting for the upcoming week,
identity of the puppetmaster, etc.
>i'm only guessing one thing...this person is male. pardon my sexism, but
>i don't see any woman flaming someone over a math problem.
You, mister, have never hung around with math chicks.
>this little soap opera is toooo funny.
Ha! Ha! Er.
>i say wilma is most likely james, or it could be some other MALE.
Now is Wilma James, or James Wilma? Unless James has a schizoid
self-abusing side that has its own writing style (granted, an intriguing
notion), Wilma is darned likely someone else's handle. Granted, they
could both be puppets, and concievably belong to the same spoofer, but
James is the interesting character. No offense intended, Wilma, but yer
just not crazy enough fer th' spotlight, y' dig?
>of course, nobody can ever really know. has anybody met or talked with either
>of them?
Well, now that you ment--er, no. Of course not.
Really.
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Nat Silver
If so please accept my apology.
thinkit wrote:
> i'm only guessing one thing...this person is male.
> pardon my sexism, but i don't see any woman flaming someone
> over a math problem. this little soap opera is toooo funny.
> i say wilma is most likely james, or it could be some other MALE.
Wilma writes in the style of David C. Ullrich.
James Harris
That bastard! Damn, I've been suckered. Guess he finally got tired
of me ignoring him all the time.
But remember, I did so after his feelings got hurt while playing "the
game".
mensanator
For what it's worth, I participated in the live chat session. The
transcript is legit. Of course, this only proves that Flatrings and
Wilma were logged in from two different sources. If JSH were going to
put on a puppet show, why would he script it to make himself look like
a fool? Unless there are levels of subtlety that escape me. Then
again, who am I?
Excuse me while I go clean the lint out from under my fingernails.
WilmaScranton
Awww! Jimmy!! How could you think such a thing???
Anyway, I will always treasure the emails you have sent me recently, especially
this one:
###############################
Subj: Now you know
Date: 18/07/01 01:14:36
From: jst...@msn.com (JAMES HARRIS)
To: wilmas...@aol.com (wilmascranton)
Wilma,
Despite having a plan for getting attention and creating controversy to get it,
I do find that every once in a while my ego does get pricked.
You managed to do that despite being a piece of my overall plan.
I just wanted you to know that.
James Harris
###############################
Wilma
Bill Taylor
|> Wilma writes in the style of David C. Ullrich.
Oh jeeeez, Nat, you've torn it now!
You may now expect endless obsessive posts and emails insisting on clarification
of your supposed insults, with lashings of invective until one appears.
The only solution is to permanently killfile him, as I have done. This means
that you'll miss about one interesting post per year, but no matter, it will
appear in followup excerpts so you'll get to see the few good bits anyway.
But newsgroup be on the alert! - don't even *appear* to badmouth Ullrich,
he just can't take it! I don't know what his problem is, but I'll bet
it's got a very long Latin name...
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Nat Silver
> Nat Silver writes:
> > Wilma writes in the style of David C. Ullrich.
> ...don't even *appear* to badmouth Ullrich, he just can't take it!
> I don't know what his problem is, but I'll bet it's got a very long
> Latin name...
Clearly, Ullrich knows a great deal of mathematics.
He may not always be forthcoming about his knowledge,
however, but it is his. Sometimes, we could be nice and
give people their due, even if they are unwilling or unable
to reciprocate.
Kesh
Wilma, I believe, is William Rex Marshal.
Kesh
Kesh
Kesh
David C. Ullrich
>"Nat Silver" <mat...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<uuZ67.3957$LP2.4...@bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
>> I may have sent this message more than once.
>> If so please accept my apology.
>>
>> thinkit wrote:
>> > i'm only guessing one thing...this person is male.
>> > pardon my sexism, but i don't see any woman flaming someone
>> > over a math problem. this little soap opera is toooo funny.
>> > i say wilma is most likely james, or it could be some other MALE.
>>
>> Wilma writes in the style of David C. Ullrich.
>
>That bastard! Damn, I've been suckered. Guess he finally got tired
>of me ignoring him all the time.
No, actually that doesn't bother me a bit. And no, I'm not
Wilma. (Actually when she first appeared with her proof of
FLT that looked a lot like yours I assumed she was you, the
idea being that if we saw the proof but didn't realize it was
from you we'd read it, realize it was right, and then you'd
reveal the truth.)
>But remember, I did so after his feelings got hurt while playing "the
>game".
"The game" indeed. I recall the incident you refer to. I don't
recall the details. But I do recall that the "game" you were
playing was such that it seemed to me a perfectly appropriate
reply would be some sort of racial slur - someone talked
me out of that.
Like you referred to me as your lap dog or something. Boy
was I mad about that.
"The game" indeed.
David C. Ullrich
David C. Ullrich
Taylor) wrote:
>"Nat Silver" <mat...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>
>|> Wilma writes in the style of David C. Ullrich.
>
>Oh jeeeez, Nat, you've torn it now!
>
>You may now expect endless obsessive posts and emails insisting on clarification
>of your supposed insults, with lashings of invective until one appears.
Why in the world would I take a conjecture that I'm Wilma as an
insult?
It's not like the guy was asking for clarification on whether
or not I'm a crackpot. The only person I know who doesn't
agree that _that_ was insulting was you, Mr. Bill.
>The only solution is to permanently killfile him, as I have done. This means
>that you'll miss about one interesting post per year, but no matter, it will
>appear in followup excerpts so you'll get to see the few good bits anyway.
>
>
>But newsgroup be on the alert! - don't even *appear* to badmouth Ullrich,
>he just can't take it! I don't know what his problem is, but I'll bet
>it's got a very long Latin name...
Just curious: Not that you'll ever see the question of course
(like I believe that). Would you take that last sentence as
bad-mouthing me or as just appearing to do so?
Just wondering about definitions.
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> The psycotic thinks two and two is five.
> The neurotic knows it's four, but it makes him nervous!
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David C. Ullrich