On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 05:30:46AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 15:15, will trillich wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:02:09AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > Hal Vaughan wrote: Alchemists had three generally accepted > [snip] > > > Is there a parallel to alchemy in the modern world? > > > > aids research, and cancer research, to name a few. the moment > > anybody thinks they've got a cure, they'll disappear so their > > bosses will be able to keep the house in the hamptons. too big a > > business, by now, to be shut down by actual success. > > Do you have any proof of this illogical assertion?
the logic is, bubba is pulling down six-digits grants for the express purpose of chasing cancer; when it's caught, the grants stop, and the house in the hamptons would have to go. is there any gravy train out there, aside from microso~1, anywhere near as lucrative as the cancer treadmill? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #48 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To peruse your CURRENT VIM SETTINGS (there's LOTS of them) from within Vim, simply do :options You can change them there, on-the-fly, as well. Type "ctrl-W ctrl-W" to switch "panes" or "ctrl-W q" to close one. Try ":help" to learn more. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]