Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Wasting Time Message-ID: <1456@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 11:50:11 EDT Article-I.D.: vax2.1456 Posted: Fri Oct 12 11:50:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 06:16:51 EDT References: <9326@watmath.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 23 > >I really don't think they need to do a study on this unless all they > >want to do is waste their money. I can think of two VERY obvious reasons > >why flaming is so prevalent on a computer. > >Galileo shouldn't have wasted his time studying falling bodies. As >Aristotle pointed out it's obvious that a ten kilo weight falls >ten times as fast as a one kilo weight. > > William Hughes Yah, the laws of physics are important and all, but denying studies of flaming could cause TRULY frightening ignorance. I'm sure the CMU researchers will be right up there will Leonardo and Socrates in no time. "Nun-beating? Good Lord, man, I can't condone THAT!" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA