Re: Rating Languages
From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
Date: | Monday, September 24, 2001, 20:36 |
Quoting daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>:
> David:
>
> > > Wow... This is so profound and sounds so, so true... Yet
> > > I don't think I've ever heard it. Quick! Write a book before
> > > someone else steals your idea!
>
> Ray:
>
> > Too late - the idea is old.
>
> Uhm. Irony anyone? :)
Sometimes this happens to me, too: I jump into the middle of a thread
without reading all the previous comments, and in such circumstances
it's not always immediately obvious who's saying what in what tone of
voice (given that you usually don't *hear* a tone of voice via the
internet).
==============================
Thomas Wier <trwier@...>
"Aspidi men Saiôn tis agalletai, hên para thamnôi
entos amômêton kallipon ouk ethelôn;
autos d' exephugon thanatou telos: aspis ekeinê
erretô; exautês ktêsomai ou kakiô" - Arkhilokhos