From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:41:20 +0100 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <6C443EAD18670853A86E733C@computer> In-Reply-To: <0aac588bf56ec16c89e93042ce871a10@9netics.com> References: <0aac588bf56ec16c89e93042ce871a10@9netics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor Topicbox-Message-UUID: 023f995c-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > as i suspected, you're here for therapy. _Intense_ therapy. > i can see you're bitter. Not very much. The "researching" and "submitting" and hoyvin' mayvin' is going to be my bane, too. In a different field. Namely, differential geometry. More specifically, Finsler geometry. To be exact, finding of model spaces with constant positive flag curvature. Satisfied? > and how does it make you feel when you know others are performing > acrobatics? Sorry... for them. When you can Get A Job Done (tm) with a finger stroke you shouldn't be moving an arm. That's squandering. --On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:26 PM -0700 Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote: >> No, you justify your salary, dear Sir. I honestly respect you for having >> written the nemo book--you're nemo after all. That, however, won't >> change my stance on Plan 9 and the 9people. > > as i suspected, you're here for therapy. > >> You have nothing else but "researching" OS's and "submitting" papers. >> That "justifies" your 9life. > > i can see you're bitter. > >> Others, like me, have some "petty" work to do. Like knowing which >> character on which line they're editing or controlling how long their >> lines of text get, _without_ resorting to acrobatics. > > and how does it make you feel when you know others are performing > acrobatics? > >