--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe Barry could get some of his celebrity friends like the > > > > Rolling Stones, Robert Crumb and the owner of the Yum-Yum > > > > Whore House to hold a benefit concert to raise the funds > > > > needed to sue. > > > > > > Nothing to sue for, Shemp. We tech writers don't > > > own the rights to what we write. And since these > > > definitions were in an old dBase manual last > > > published in 1982 or so by a company (Ashton Tate) > > > that no longer exists, even if we did there's not > > > much of anyone to get the loot from. But thanks > > > anyway. > > > > The Computer Contradictionary, which contains > > the "Infinite loop. See Loop, infinite" entry, > > was published in 1981 (under the title "The > > Devil's DP Dictionary"). > > They may have gotten it from him. /shrug. Many computer > jokes are rather obvious to the people who have the > technical background. Some jokes probably sprang up > independently many times over the years.
Ah, the voice of someone who has actually worked in the industry, and who isn't hell-bent on trying to slam me. This time. Because I know what I wrote for Ashton-Tate, I find this particular exercise of Judy's rather amazing. It's *not* that big a leap, after all, to think up the two quips I published in the dBase glossary. The same idea probably occurred to hundreds of us who were working as programmers and tech writers back in the late 70s and early 80s. I have to believe, however, that this particular smear campaign is more revealing that she wanted it to be. Judy must really believe that only one person in the world thinks up funny lines. Because *she* has never been able to think up one, she assumes that everyone else has to steal their ideas from others the way she does. Therefore, if she Googles long enough, she'll be able to find *anything* that evil, horrible Barry ever says he wrote, attributed to someone else. That'll get him! Why else would she have Googled these phrases in the first place if that wasn't her assumption? It's all kinda sad. So much intelligence, and wasting it because she's locked into a cycle of hatred. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
