Re: OT: The Geek defense

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Howard Brazee" <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:48:52 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
>> <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Nope. You are woefully out of touch. The tools we have now can be used
to
>>>build better tools. The days of telling computers what to do, line by 
>>>line,
>>>are definitely numbered. We don't need to and it is far too expensive
to 
>>>do
>>>so. Who codes in assembler any more? No need to. Why don't we? It's the

>>>same
>>>argument.
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>> But My Way is right.   Those young whippersnappers who don't see
>> things my way will suffer for their heresy.
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> Not sure if you're aiming that at me or at Judson, Howard :-)
>
> If at me, all I can say is, while I firmly believe what I wrote, I don't

> see it as Holy Writ and I certainly wouldn't want to punish anyone who 
> disagrees.
>
> (Except maybe that Gunshannon guy who doesn't believe in positronic 
> brains... yeah... we'll put him on the list...Linux lover... he needs to

> be cast into the Lake of Fire... Come the Day.... mumble... rant...)
>
> Pete.
> -- 
> "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
>

Said the guy who believes only web applications are chic and desktop apps 
are so yesterday ;-)