Robert Myers <rbmyersusa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in part:
> and yet, because she'd sat around the dinner table listening
> to others who also didn't know what they were talking about,
> she presumed to lecture me. The perfect model of a slashdot
> or usenet poster.
Why does this bother you? I listen to such people with bemused
tolerence (knowing they've got it mixed up) and listen for the gem.
There usually is some gem they mention that I hadn't previously
considered. And they almost never realize is significant. A data
dump can be worth sifting through. Often you can't avoid it.
> I'm sick of the BS. You've presumed to educate me
??? why do you presume this? As I posted in a sub-thread,
you flatter yourself.
> Tout ce que nous enseigne est farce.
^^
on
At least get the quotation right. OTOH, maybe you mean what you said :)
> You could divide the world into those who believe what their
> parents taught them and those who don't. I belong to the latter
> category, as did Rimbaud. There's room for both styles, just
> as long as you're not overly insistent about yours.
Excessively binary for something on a continuum. When
im****tant, I try to figure out why people believe what they do.
>> > You've switched from how do I measure latency
>> Which you did not answer.
> Look up what David Wang has written here about his own latency
> measurements and you'll understand why I think it's a total
> waste of time. The raw number is just meaningless. Why should
> I measure something that I that I think is meaningless?
That is a slightly better answer. But my measurements
include prefetch which you admit are more interesting.
> "Many layers of meaning" is a phrase that a not very
> original English professor would use over sherry after
> an incomprehensible seminar.
So? That does not mean the phrase always is wrong.
> To quote Wallace Stevens, "Let be be finality of seem."
_finale_ of seem. How is this relevant?
> The statement says a lot about how Terje thinks. You don't
> have to guess about the many layers of meaning he sees,
> because he's talked about them publicly.
Then why do you complain of my referring to the
many layers of meaning??? They belong.
> But you're trying to educate me about what he meant, just
> as you've tried to educate me about so many other things.
To be very clear: I'm am not trying to educate you on
anything. I haven't even considered if it is possible.
-- Robert
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