Re: Announcement: Homage to SWI-Prolog

You are not worth it.

This SWISH business has already been quite a waste of time...



On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Michael Richter <[email protected]>wrote:

> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repartee
>
> I know English quite well, thank you.  (Wanna try being wrong about my use
> of "é" next or will you get out while the getting's good?)
>
> I also happen to know German, French and Mandarin, by the way.  The reason
> I chose the spelling I did?  Because I was communicating in *English*,
> not in French (or German or Mandarin).  好新鲜啊！  (Go ahead to Google
> Translate.  I'll wait so I can laugh at you for being wrong there as well.)
>
> None of this having anything at all to do, incidentally, with your
> behaviour in this thread thus far.  Behaviour which thus far makes you look
> like you're in the slow lane of your middle school's academic track.  For
> example:
>
>
> *"I like this kind of self-referencing emails."
> *
>
> For someone who (incorrectly) gets his nose out of joint about people whom
> you incorrectly believe don't know languages you show an astonishingly poor
> grasp of the language you're pretending to communicate in.  One
> content-free sentence in your email and you couldn't even get it right.
> (Hint: subject/verb agreement is an important part of English grammar.)
>
> So, child, do you *really* want to start a fight about language with me?
> (Hint: no, you really don't.)
>
>
>
> On 26 July 2013 10:54, Ceyhun Ciper <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Tu te prends pas pour une merde, non plus?
>>
>> ps: Don't use words that you don't know how to spell, especially in a
>> language that you don't know.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Michael Richter <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Waitwhat?!  Am I actually seeing the grade school "I know you are but
>>> what am I?"-style response here?  Really?  That's what passes for witty
>>> repartée these days?
>>>
>>> You may wish to try for something advanced here, sir.  I strongly
>>> recommend "I'm rubber and you're glue".
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25 July 2013 21:12, Ceyhun Ciper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like this kind of self-referencing emails.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Toby Thain <[email protected]
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On 23/07/13 10:56 PM, Ceyhun Ciper wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> A good effort in its infancy.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Saving and updating do not work, therefore no sharing. I sWISH you
>>>> had
>>>> >> stabilized it before delivery but I guess this is not good practice
>>>> at
>>>> >> universities.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Regards,
>>>> >> Ceyhun Ciper
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ps: Kudos for making it open source; I understand you germinate the
>>>> >> initial
>>>> >> idea and leave it to your assistants to finish the solution; maybe
>>>> the
>>>> >> community will be able to assist you.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> pps: Too much effort wasted on the UI embellishment side (at the
>>>> detriment
>>>> >> of stability).
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> > You missed mentioning one of the key joys of making open source
>>>> software:
>>>> > After hard work, tolerating emails packed with rudeness from lazy,
>>>> > non-contributing strangers.
>>>> >
>>>> > --T
>>>> >
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>>> discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the
>>> Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot."
>>> --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil"
>>> mantra.
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> "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions
> of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese
> people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot."
> --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.
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