"Charles Angelich" wrote to "Mike Ross" (13 Feb 03  23:21:12)
 --- on the topic of "Columbia's 'computers'"

 CA> I would say I'm a fair man but vicious. ;-)

Blondes have more fun.


 MR> Everyone is out for their own greedy self interest
 MR> otherwise car makers wouldn't be building monster SUV's
 MR> that don't comply with car safety rules due to a loophole,
 MR> and are prone to roll over and likely to kill their
 MR> occupants as well as pollute the planet causing even more
 MR> death and disease!

 CA> Yes but if there were more of me they'd all be dead by now. ;-)

You drive that badly, huh? Beats me why a 100 lb woman needs a pickup
with 382 hp to do the groceries. Women especially seem to need a huge
amount of steel around them to feel safe I guess. Question is they are
probably in greater danger not less.


 CA> Everything you've mentioned so far only benefits the rich
 CA> (corps are incl in 'the rich'). For the money spent none of
 CA> this is sufficient reward even to the rich (if it was their
 CA> money being spent).

Maybe it's me or you're dull and lack vision?


 MR> One can't rationalize knowledge in terms of innocents and
 MR> victims.

 CA> See? You've already forgotten what I told you. This politico
 CA> smoke screen would result in many deaths and not the innocent
 CA> ones they had anticipated either. ;-)

You're a cynic too...


 MR> If we didn't do the basic research then we would never know
 MR> if the square of the hypotenuse was ever useful for
 MR> anything.

 CA> That was a nerdy Greek if I recall and no one had to die for it.

And a wiseguy... 
Didn't the early Greek scholars have fights using protractors and such?


 CA> Volunteer for drug testing somewhere then and die for the rest
 CA> of us.

Sure thing... foad yourself!

 Mike
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