* chrisv peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> I disagree with Roy. Derrick was not (just) a Troll. He was also an
>> Idiot. In fact, the menu above is not the best UI item for selecting
>> all of the characteristics of "Derrick".
>>
>> But leave it to Tim to inflate the meaning of a common dismissal of an
>> idiotic troll attempt, labelling it an *attack*.
>>
>> You're giving me a chuckle, Tim!
>>
>> You deride Roy's game, yet seem to be playing it, too.
>
> Timmy thinks that calling him "Timmy" is an attack. Guffaw.
This place is full of jokes, badinage, insinuation, outright contempt,
and egregious insults. It's difficult to take it all in stride, all the
time.
--
Well, it seems to me that he did have an education to get there. It happened to
be mine, not his. -- Gary Kildall on the selection of Gates to give the
keynote at the anniversary of the University of Washington computer science
program. This perceived insult prompted Kildall to write his memoir. "The Man
Who Could Have Been Bill Gates" in Business Week (25 OCTOBER 2004)
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