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On 31-Aug-07 10:38:07, Jim Lemon wrote:
> Rolf Turner wrote:
>> On 31/08/2007, at 9:10 AM, Antony Unwin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Erich's more important point
>>>is that you need to speak the language of the people you cooperate
>>>with and often that language includes Excel.
>>
>>
>> So if the people you have to deal with are into astrology you should
>> learn astrology?
>>
> Yes, Rolf, if you want them to understand you. I once wrote a very
> successful parody of those astrology character profiles simply by
> borrowing an acquaintance's book and making dreadfully irreverent use
> of it.
>
> Jim
Now that you mention that, Jim, I feel a POMO coming on.
if( ! you.know.what.i.mean() ){
browseURL("http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo";)
} else {
stop("You know what I mean!")
}
The structural features of horoscope and astrology texts would
readily lend themselves to implementation in such an engine.
Mind you, from my occasional browsings of these texts, I suspect
it has already been done and is widely used.
Best wishes to all,
Ted.
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