Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!jad From: jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <42300007@hpfclo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 20:16:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfclo.42300007 Posted: Wed Aug 7 20:16:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 07:44:10 EDT References: <1301@eagle.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 43 Nf-ID: #R:eagle:1301:hpfclo:42300007:37777777600:1738 Nf-From: hpfclo!jad Aug 7 16:16:00 1985 I didn't want to get into this argument, but here I am. I don't buy astrology, let me start out that way. But I am just as interested in a program that tells me what sign of the zodiac something is as I am in what the phase of the moon is. There's no big diff in my mind between the two. Both of them are for fun, really, and don't have any bearing whatsoever on my work. That's just it, you see, astrology is for fun -- I'm not betting my life on it, and I'm not telling anyone "you should not go out side today because you are a scorpio" ... that's bogus. > /***** hpfclo:net.astro / eagle!mjs / 6:17 am Jul 29, 1985*/ > > I'm interested in the calculations, not horoscopes, and if some of you would > pull your noses off the ceiling, you might discover the usefulness of code > developed for astrology. Haven't any of you ever used code from a program > whose purpose was unrelated to yours, just to save development time? I try > to do so whenever possible -- why must we all reinvent the wheel? More or less my point, so I thought I'd make you read it again. Perhaps I'm not sure what you mean by astrology ... but playing around with things is a great (and painless) way to learn; with some luck, what you learn will not be all junk ... /* my mail header and address */ Fruit-of-the-Day: nectarine Phase-of-the-Moon: Waning Gibbous (59% of Full) Buzzword-Phrase: balanced monitored options Sunrise: 6:02 Sunset: 20:11 (MDT) Latitude: 40.5253 Longitude: 105.0119 -------- -- jad -- John A. Dilley, FSD Fort Collins, CO ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166 /* general disclaimer */ HP would be embarassed if they knew I posted this.