Re: Help a new budding GM

From: mmmark@my-deja.com

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl wrote:

mmmark@my-deja.com writes:

>> You clearly have no idea what is involved in a Phd.

>  This is pretty funny.

>  I say something about running a PBM business, and people jump all
> over me claiming I don't know anything about running a business,
having
>  absolutely no idea what my business background is.

I have never commented on your business accumen or lack thereof. This
appears to be an attempt to bury the issue under a layer of crap
sufficiently deep to obscure the fact you're being spanked.

> Well, I guess
>  that's a handy way to avoid addressing what I said.

You didn't say anything that required addressing, you just levelled
insults.

>  I say something about PhD's, ditto.

There is no ditto since the first point was invalid.

> You have no idea who I am and what
>  my educational background is!

I reasonably assumed it was very poor if you thought knowing what the
IDA is was an essential or even vaguely important in getting a
stats-based Phd.

> Again, a handy way to ignore what I said.

Again, you didn't say anything else except to level insults.

>> Would knowing about IDA (some american company?) help scientists do
>> original research?

>  IDA is extremely well known in the mathematics world. It is not a
>  company, it is a research organization in mathematics. Instead of
>  badgering me about my background, maybe you should go look at what
the
  IDA is.

Commenting that you know nothing about what is involved in getting a Phd
is badgering you about your background? - touched a raw nerve obviously!
You clearly have a very low badger tolerance :)

Well the 5 professional mathematicans (one a fellow of the royal
society) and 4 physicists I mentioned it to at coffee this morning had
never heard of it. How would I go about finding out what it is? Perhaps
you could enlighten us Gregory?

>> What you do is call them stupid rather than present a reasoned case
 >> for them being wrong.

>  When people are trying to extrapolate my words into new areas, I
don't
> have to present a reasoned case as to why their extrapolation is
>  wrong. I just tell them that no, I don't agree with what they said.

Of course you don't _have_ to present a reasoned case, but in recent
instances you've made yourself look very foolish by not doing so.

>> though I suspect you can't tell jokes but in this instance weren't
 >> trying to and are now backpedalling because you can't explain away
your
 >> actions in any manner that makes you look less of a twat.

>  Ah. So if you put words in my mouth, and I disagree with them, I'm
>  backpedeling, unless I present a reasoned case as to why I would
never
>  say the words being stuffed in my mouth?

There is no clear-cut rule but yes, you've made yourself look an idiot
by your lack of reasoned arguments and your addiction to baseless
contradiction.

>  Gotcha. That's a great use of everyone's time. Another stupid Brit,
> this one with a Pee Aich Dee. And a log in his eye.

If your time is so precious then please keep using it to reply to me - I
love to keep you dancing like an over-wound clockwork toy :)

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References

Re: Help a new budding GM
"John Lee" <johnlee@hinterland.fsnet.co.uk>
Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help a new budding GM
lindahl@rt.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Help a new budding GM
"John Lee" <johnlee@hinterland.fsnet.co.uk>
Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Help a new budding GM
lindahl@rt.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00:00 +0000