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Guy There are two aspects to Denya and his ravings. One is that he's like the mosquito you hear in the middle of the night and can't swat because it's too elusive. The other is accepting the challenge of getting him to justify himself. Not very successfully this time, unfortunately, but it did confirm his irrationality. I only did it as a bit of light relief after several hard days of pretty mind-boggling work when I needed to relieve the stress. I promise I won't do it again. Well, not until the next time anyway. Did you read to books I referred to? I guess not. Remember the fundamental principle of Anglo-American education system: The individuals who know ,do not get suspicious and the goal of our education is to produce individuals who know.period. Another hint for you,try to find out what William Cohen said to Senators Nunn and Lugar during Conference on Terrorism,Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Strategy in Georgia Center in 1997. Hopefully,your "rationality" helps to understand message of Mr.Brown. |
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In article , Guy Alcala
writes John Keeney wrote: "Peter Twydell" wrote in message ... What's he on about, you ask. Well, it struck me that perhaps we could award a similar trophy, to be awarded to the most outrageous loon (lune?) who posts to the NG. Past holders would have included Venik, Kurt Plummer and good ole John Tarver. The current holder would have to be Denyav. The poster of a subsequent outrageously loony posting would be awarded the trophy until the next one. I don't know, Peter. I wouldn't ever have classified Kurt as a loon to begin with: over enthused, yes, maddeningly fond of acronyms, hell yes. But a loon? No, heck it might even be useful for some R&D staff to keep him around for the flow of ideas. While I agree with you re Kurt not being a loon, I think I'd have to disagree on your R&D group suggestion. Think of the extra overhead involved -- they'd either all have to be sent to the Defense Language Institute at Monterey to learn how to understand Kurt's prose, or else develop a computer translation program to decode all the acronyms and Plummerisms, and constantly update the database as new ones are added. The last item by itself is a full-time job. Granted, familiarity with Kurt's style does help with the decoding, but it's just not worth the investment of time and energy for a small R&D shop. Guy (who doesn't miss having to read and decipher plummerisms such as "Dorito'd" or "Just so the Monkey can push the Pulsar button") Yes, you're both right (how often do you see _that_ in this ng?). My apologies to Kurt Plummer for classifying him as a loon. The common factor is their incomprehensibility, I suppose. Some people get even more obscure the more you ask for clarification. Did you remember those expressions, Guy, or did you look them up? If the former, please get help soon! :-) -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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Guy Alcala writes: While I agree with you re Kurt not being a loon, I think I'd have to disagree on your R&D group suggestion. Think of the extra overhead involved -- they'd either all have to be sent to the Defense Language Institute at Monterey to learn how to understand Kurt's prose, or else develop a computer translation program to decode all the acronyms and Plummerisms, and constantly update the database as new ones are added. The last item by itself is a full-time job. Granted, familiarity with Kurt's style does help with the decoding, but it's just not worth the investment of time and energy for a small R&D shop. I wonder what the Indian Chief from the "Go-Go Gophers" is doing? I think he'd be a perfect translator. "What him say?" -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Peter Twydell wrote:
In article , Guy Alcala writes snip Guy (who doesn't miss having to read and decipher plummerisms such as "Dorito'd" or "Just so the Monkey can push the Pulsar button") Yes, you're both right (how often do you see _that_ in this ng?). My apologies to Kurt Plummer for classifying him as a loon. The common factor is their incomprehensibility, I suppose. Some people get even more obscure the more you ask for clarification. Did you remember those expressions, Guy, or did you look them up? If the former, please get help soon! :-) Some things are burned into your brain, and nothing can remove them;-) Guy |
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In message , John Keeney
writes "Peter Twydell" wrote in message ... What's he on about, you ask. Well, it struck me that perhaps we could award a similar trophy, to be awarded to the most outrageous loon (lune?) who posts to the NG. Past holders would have included Venik, Kurt Plummer and good ole John Tarver. The current holder would have to be Denyav. The poster of a subsequent outrageously loony posting would be awarded the trophy until the next one. I don't know, Peter. I wouldn't ever have classified Kurt as a loon to begin with: over enthused, yes, maddeningly fond of acronyms, hell yes. But a loon? No, heck it might even be useful for some R&D staff to keep him around for the flow of ideas. Sorry, but Kurt was a bit of a fanatic on a few issues. We're not talking R&D - there's an office-full of guys next door to me doing just that for "how do we use UAVs at sea?" and actually *using* the kit to learn what it can do rather than just blindly accepting brochure claims. (For example, one US UAV lost its chance for a trial because it was unable to safely be landed aboard a frigate - the sort of trivial detail Kurt sneered at but is crucial to actually *using* the equipment). Kurt would say "Bwahahahahahah! You IDIOTS!" for not already having... er... something in service to do... well... something... but it's a FANTASTIC idea and it's all the fault of SITM BTC dinosaurs that his proposed SOTAMC isn't SIAWU across a WROOWS. "Loon" might be too strong, but he didn't connect closely to reality, or play well with others... and imagination is the easy part. -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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"Paul J. Adam" wrote:
In message , John Keeney writes "Peter Twydell" wrote in message ... What's he on about, you ask. Well, it struck me that perhaps we could award a similar trophy, to be awarded to the most outrageous loon (lune?) who posts to the NG. Past holders would have included Venik, Kurt Plummer and good ole John Tarver. The current holder would have to be Denyav. The poster of a subsequent outrageously loony posting would be awarded the trophy until the next one. I don't know, Peter. I wouldn't ever have classified Kurt as a loon to begin with: over enthused, yes, maddeningly fond of acronyms, hell yes. But a loon? No, heck it might even be useful for some R&D staff to keep him around for the flow of ideas. Sorry, but Kurt was a bit of a fanatic on a few issues. We're not talking R&D - there's an office-full of guys next door to me doing just that for "how do we use UAVs at sea?" and actually *using* the kit to learn what it can do rather than just blindly accepting brochure claims. (For example, one US UAV lost its chance for a trial because it was unable to safely be landed aboard a frigate - the sort of trivial detail Kurt sneered at but is crucial to actually *using* the equipment). Kurt would say "Bwahahahahahah! You IDIOTS!" for not already having... er... something in service to do... well... something... but it's a FANTASTIC idea and it's all the fault of SITM BTC dinosaurs that his proposed SOTAMC isn't SIAWU across a WROOWS. Please stop now, I'm getting the kind of headache I haven't had for about three years;-) "Loon" might be too strong, but he didn't connect closely to reality, or play well with others... and imagination is the easy part. Kurt definitely went spinning off the deep end before he left us, as, with a wave of his hand and a Hi-Yo, Silver!, he'd make all the practical difficulties go away. But no, he wasn't a loon. You can be a unpleasant fanatic, and still not be a loon. Guy |
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Peter Stickney wrote:
In article , Guy Alcala writes: While I agree with you re Kurt not being a loon, I think I'd have to disagree on your R&D group suggestion. Think of the extra overhead involved -- they'd either all have to be sent to the Defense Language Institute at Monterey to learn how to understand Kurt's prose, or else develop a computer translation program to decode all the acronyms and Plummerisms, and constantly update the database as new ones are added. The last item by itself is a full-time job. Granted, familiarity with Kurt's style does help with the decoding, but it's just not worth the investment of time and energy for a small R&D shop. I wonder what the Indian Chief from the "Go-Go Gophers" is doing? I think he'd be a perfect translator. "What him say?" Trust you to dredge up a memory that I hadn't accessed for probably 30 years;-) For some reason that one never stuck with me. OTOH, pretty much any Looney Tunes or Jay Ward cartoon is engraved on my memory and will likely stick with me into senility. There we'll all be in the retirement home, dribbling our oatmeal down the front of our clothes while heartily singing along to the theme from SuperChicken, and then giving the punchlines for all the cartoons early: "Cavalleria Rusticana." "Audience?!" And we all croak out "Rigoletto!", followed by a bunch of coughing. It's a scary thought. Guy |
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