Rich Ulrich wrote: > On 1 Oct 2002 13:25:34 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Treder) > wrote: > >>All right, I can't hold my tongue any longer. >> >>Dr. Chambers, are you truly as big of an ass as your rantings make you >>out to be, or is this just a put on? > > It has a terribly long duration for a put-on. > He is consistent with his past. > My impression: he might be milder this time. > Below: is what I posted near the start of this visitation - > > I was one (of several) who waved warning flags -- > If you respond to him, even to spend a lot of time and > effort on his thesis, he will *probably* vituperate you > along the way. That's been shown again. > > ========= Post from September 5, 2002. > Bill, Please go away. > I find little that is pleasing in your content or style. > You have had your say, SEVERAL times in the past. > > [Folks, if you like it, read the hundreds of messages > from 1997-2000. There is nothing new this time.] > > On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:23:47 -0700, "William Chambers" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - This is Bill, seducing his audience - > "Put up some scholarly logic or shut up." > > - Bill, tossing a couple of ad-hominem - > "And yes Paul I am a real doctor. And > you can not stand it. Now try to grow up." > > - Bill, showing his courtesy and respect for > Usenet tradition - > "By the way, while we are exchanging notes, where do you work. > I would like to call your boss and discuss your bad scholarship > with him." > > Paul's crime here? Paul posted URLs so that folks > could review Bill's previous contributions, from 1997, > 1998, and 2000. The 'bad scholarship' might have been > intended as a comment on their contents. Or not. > ========= end of my post from Sept. 5.
Nice work, Rich, marshalling a set of facts to make a prediction. Which turns out to be a very accurate prediction. Shows high degree of scholarship and also better command of the English language than I have (I had to look up the word "vituperate"). Can you teach weathermen to predict this accurately?? -- Paige Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kodak.com "It's nothing until I call it!" -- Bill Klem, NL Umpire "When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance" -- Lee Ann Womack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
