Here is a site that deals with Flame Warrriors. This came from the MetaCreations(now Corel) Painter email list. Mike was involved with a know it all user and the flame caused art to start. The site is popular now just as flame wars are popular.:)
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu]On Behalf Of B.Eric Bradley Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:09 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: erdos? Ad Hominem and Wacky Corporatism And not to be confused with an ad hominid attack, in which the author attacks the individual and every one of his ancestors back to the dawn of time. These attacks tend necessarily to be somewhat long-winded, and usually involve the phrase "monkey's uncle" at at least one juncture. On Friday, April 29, 2005, at 12:04 AM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Well there should be an ? character in the name Erd?s, but you did get > it correct, it is named after (or for -- I tend to get those mixed up > quite often) Paul Erd?s. > It may surprise you to know that he did teach at UofL for a short time > and came back to visit and do some lectures every now and then. > > By the way, Lee left out what Ad Hominem means: > > Definition: > The person presenting an argument is attacked instead of the argument > itself. This takes many forms. For example,the person's character, > nationality or religion may be attacked. Alternatively, it may be > pointed out that a person stands to gain from a favourable outcome. > Or, finally, a person may be attacked by association, or by the > company he keeps. > There are three major forms of Attacking the Person: > > ad hominem (abusive): instead of attacking an assertion, the argument > attacks the person who made the assertion. > ad hominem (circumstantial): instead of attacking an assertion the > author points to the relationship between the person making the > assertion and the person's circumstances. > ad hominem (tu quoque): this form of attack on the person notes that a > person does not practise what he > preaches. > > In some news today that might just make News of the Weird, Apple was > hit with a lawsuit (today!) by TigerDirect claiming they (Apple) are > infringing on TigerDirect's trademark by marketing 10.4 using the name > "Tiger". TD is seeking to immediately halt sales of "Tiger", etc., > etc. hearing will not happen for a while. TD sells pc stuff. > > hmmmmmmmmm, smacks of Corporatism going as predicted. > > > Jerry > > On Apr 28, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Bill Holt wrote: > >> Is the "erdos" part of the list address associated with the famous >> Hungarian (?) mathematician or some sort of computerish acronym, or >> something else? >> >> Bill Holt >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
