--- In [email protected], maskedzebra <no_reply@...> wrote: <snip obsequious mewling to Feste> > Anyway, assuming you are lighting us all up here, this is > superb. But just in case you are on the level, I shall > guard against unwittingly obeying the will of a supernatural > powerJudywhose authority over me I had hardly recognized.
<snicker> That's the way it works. You aren't supposed to be able to recognize it, you dumb cluck. That's the hallmark of good programming, it does its thing behind the scenes, invisibly to the programmee. And our programmers know no equals. Look how confused he is. He thinks *I'm* the supernatural power. I'm just the (very highly paid) consultant in charge of this local operation. You need a freelancer on a gig like this, somebody flexible who can think on their feet and adapt to circumstances as they arise rather than blindly following dogma. That's why we've got the edge. Those flying dorks in their silly white outfits are incapable of creative thought. Not an independent contractor in the bunch. (MZ, front and center, please. I'd like a word with you. No, just leave the harp where you found it. You don't know how to play it anyway. I'm going to give you something much more interesting to play with, something red-hot, heh heh.) > > --- In [email protected], "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is harder to understand than a John le Carre spy novel. Is MZ, then, > > no more than a hapless tool in the hands of the Higher Powers that you are > > in league with and perhaps even control? > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't understand, MZ. Only a week or so ago you wrote a > > > > long post practically deifying Barry and excoriating Judy, > > > > but now you seem to have returned to your former position. > > > > You are making me dizzy, MZ. > > > > > > Shhh, don't embarrass him. He flew the coop for a brief > > > excursion, but we brought him back for a little reeducation. > > > Worked pretty well, don't you think? Did some extra "refining" > > > with him, a bit of, er, advanced training, and it shows. His > > > excoriation of Barry today was a significant improvement > > > over his excoriation of moi a couple weeks back, not just in > > > content but in style and tone. Much more elegant and to the > > > point. > > > > > > It's all a matter of *motivation*. We gave him the incentive > > > to improve, et voilà, you see the result. Just ignore that > > > unfortunate excursion and focus on the New Robin. A word or > > > two of approbation wouldn't go badly by way of encouragement. > > > > > >
