That is so January 2 news. ;) Below are some highlights from the discussion you missed
Matthew His initial reaction was... From: "Dan Sugalski" To: "Joe Johnston"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Fame stalks boston.pm > At 01:10 PM 1/2/2002 -0500, Joe Johnston wrote: > >Got the latest ish of Dr. Dobb's Journal and who's on the cover? > >Boston.pm's own Dan Sugalski! Dan, if you need help fend off the > >groupies, just ask. ;-) > > I'm on the *what*? Damn, I wish people'd tell me these things... > > > Dan > His reply after actually reading the article online... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Sugalski" To: "Greg London" Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Fame stalks boston.pm > At 03:02 PM 1/2/2002 -0500, Greg London wrote: > >Dan Sugalski wrote: > > > > > > At 01:10 PM 1/2/2002 -0500, Joe Johnston wrote: > > > >Got the latest ish of Dr. Dobb's Journal and who's on the cover? > > > >Boston.pm's own Dan Sugalski! Dan, if you need help fend off the > > > >groupies, just ask. ;-) > > > > > > I'm on the *what*? Damn, I wish people'd tell me these things... > > > >The Dobb's author seemed pretty brutal... > > > >: When coming across "continuations" on his slide, he (Dan) said, > >: "Let's skip that. I don't really understand them." > >: Gasps were heard throughout the room, as Sugalski's > >: blunt confession seemed to be proof that "Worse Is Better" > >: communities were indeed ignorant of computer science. > > > >geesh, if ya need someone ta bust some kneecaps for ya', lemme know... > > Heh, it's not that bad. (Though it's just proof that I'm ignorant of > Computer Science (Which isn't, strictly speaking, true--I'm pretty sure > that Lisp & Friends weren't a part of the curriculum at UConn when I was > there) not the Worse is Better communities, especially since Jeremy's an > MIT alum) > > Besides, the first sentence in the article is > > >Several months ago, in the hallowed halls of MIT's legendary Artificial > >Intelligence Lab, researchers Greg Sullivan and Mike Salib were practicing > >a time-honored academic tradition - complaining > > So it sort of works out. :) > > I should point out that I wasn't inadvertently inciting the audience with > flippant remarks. > > Dan >
