Re[2]: Paal Comes Through Again
With all due respect to you, Bob, it appears that this particular duck caught some of Paal's lead. By the way, is your middle name Bruce or The Who ? DG At 11:23 PM 10/16/02 +0100, you wrote: Hi, well, with all due respect to Paal, his predictions are rather like horoscope. There's an awful lot of them, usually couched in vague and ambiguous terms, and 99.999% of the time they're wrong. People only remember when they're right because it happens so rarely and because, like that character in the 'X Files', they want to believe. If you fire enough buckshot one piece might hit a duck from time to time, but that doesn't make you a marksman. --- Bob Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 9:56:10 PM, you wrote: I know it's still premature, but Paal is normally pretty accurate (remember his pre MZ-S predictions). And the Japanese news item is zeroing in even closer.
Re[2]: Paal Comes Through Again
I, for one, am glad that Pål passes on what he hears/finds. Whether they materialize or not, if gives me something to look into and check out that I might otherwise totally miss. A big thanks from me! Bruce Thursday, October 17, 2002, 8:50:02 AM, you wrote: PJ Dave wrote: I like what I've heard - but as I'm with Bruce on this one. It's been touted by us here and on that JIJ website and on DCresource but it's still rumor until Pentax makes it official (at which time of course that will confirm or renounce Paal's ability at prognostication) :) PJ I don't find this discussion very interesting. I just like to point out that I'm not prognosticating anything but simply pass on information. If this information is correct or incorrect it's not PJ really up to me. The information is there and everyone is free to do whatever they want with it. PJ Pål
Re[2]: Paal Comes Through Again
Hi, that's nice to know Fred. I developed a theory about the Who, and it recurs from time to time. I think he and several others of our acquaintance may be Turing Tests. Some postgraduate somewhere is doing research into artificial intelligence and trying it out by subscribing it to discussion forums. Just as Eliza was taken seriously as a shrink back in the 60s or 70s, so Who and its avatars. are taken seriously by the guinea pig subscribers. --- Bob Thursday, October 17, 2002, 11:07:12 PM, you wrote: thanks - I'm sorry to have misinterpreted you - email seems to make that easy. C'mon, Bob - no one could seriously mistake you for the Who - g. Fred
Re[2]: Paal Comes Through Again
Hi, well, with all due respect to Paal, his predictions are rather like horoscope. There's an awful lot of them, usually couched in vague and ambiguous terms, and 99.999% of the time they're wrong. People only remember when they're right because it happens so rarely and because, like that character in the 'X Files', they want to believe. If you fire enough buckshot one piece might hit a duck from time to time, but that doesn't make you a marksman. --- Bob Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 9:56:10 PM, you wrote: I know it's still premature, but Paal is normally pretty accurate (remember his pre MZ-S predictions). And the Japanese news item is zeroing in even closer.
