On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:45:33PM -0400, Doug Franklin scripsit: > Graydon wrote: >> only you'd have to be a grammar robot to read it that way, > > Yeah, but I'm a software geek, not a "native speaker", so I read it > the "that imprecision annoys me" way. :-)
Speaking as someone who once formally failed a Turing test, I can empathize. >> Which is how I got into this particular excavation in the first place, >> and I should stop digging. :) > > Nah, I've got a shovel, too. :-) Ah, well, then, should we discuss the halting problem? I'm sure proof-by-induction will just thrill the available audience to diverse heights of joy and admiration. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
