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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> >
> > > Great. Glad to hear it. I'm not the only person who thinks you lot (and a
> > > number of other ingrates out there in the rest of the world too, for that
> > > matter) should be left to fend for yourselves ...
> >
> > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ingrate gives "an ungrateful
> > person", or "a person who shows no gratitude"... none of the meanings it
> > lists have any negative connotation beyond that.
> >
> > Ya, that's namecalling all right. (1) But of course, words like "airhead",
> > "poodle", "lapdog", "cowboy" et. al. are not.
> >
> > 1 - sarcasm alert
> >
> > ++Lar
>
> Well spotted on the hypocrisy - he's just grinding his usual axe. And I
> wish to note that I have great respect for the way Frank expresses his
> opinions (we could all learn a lesson by emulating him). But, ummmmm,
> errrrr, I'd agree with most of the actual name-calling you note above. :-O
Oh, ya... me too. But that's not the point of my post.
>
> Airhead and Blairhead (TM). I gotta learn the way to get the actual symbol
> to come up.
On Wintel machines, Launch MSWord and type "(tm)" and it turns into the
superscript TM symbol. Then paste the symbol in to your post. That works for
many (but not all) browsers.
I like doing it because its WAY less efficient than using the symbol browser
in terms of computing resources, you launch a what, 100MB program to get ONE
character into your cut buffer? bwhaha... Bill Gates and Andy Grove are
cheering you on!
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| (...) Well spotted on the hypocrisy - he's just grinding his usual axe. And I wish to note that I have great respect for the way Frank expresses his opinions (we could all learn a lesson by emulating him). But, ummmmm, errrrr, I'd agree with most of (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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