On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 18:45:12 Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > If you don't know the reference, you won't get it. It's that simple. You > need a reference. > > It's like referencing a movie that you haven't seen. What is the point of > explaining it unless you have seen the movie, you won't get it. > > And I have to admit, I didn't have any idea what he was talking about > until I read later about googling for it, and learned what it meant. > > You don't even have your reference right :) It's a *Modest* proposal.
I'd heard of the paper in question years ago but had long forgotten about it. I certainly wouldn't have remembered the title or who wrote it. - Jonathan M Davis