But if neurotic is offensive to people, then I apologize. Let me put it differently: this mailing list has more anxious people (with giant holes in their stomachs) than any other mailing list I have been subscribed to.
Shane On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, it could just be fun as Muthu suggests. But if one is so > anxoius that even with no useful information, one has to calculate odds to > give oneself some feeling of certainty about the future, then that falls > within the definition of neurotic. > > Shane > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Now, I see all the traffic on the android challenge lists. This > > list is > > > > the most neurotic mailing list I have ever belonged to: people > > anxiously > > > > wondering how many >>submissions there are, cranking out useless > > > > calculations of odds, worrying about when the judging starts, > > worrying if > > > > they will be disqualified. > > > > Calculations of odds are not useless: There should be a balance > > between the work put specifically into this challenge and the expected > > outcome of the competition - and how else would one estimate one's > > chances? (now whether calculations are right or wrong is another > > issue...) > > > > Also, people on the "most neurotic mailing list" are the ones whose > > applications you want to host on your SlideME site - so you should > > treat them with the necessary dignity ;-) > > > > Peli > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
