I have a bachelor's degree in philosophy and mathematics. I did read a lot of linguistic philosophy including Wittgenstein, Austin, Rorty and Derrida.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Alister Scott <alister.sc...@gmail.com>wrote: > @Bret: I could have sworn your degree was in linguistics > > Alister Scott > Brisbane, Australia > Watir Web Master: http://watir.com > Blog: http://watirmelon.com > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alisterscott > > "There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more > and more. The other is to desire less." *~ G. K. Chesterton* > > > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com>wrote: > >> It sounds to me like people who have degrees in computer science came up >> with the ~1 thing. My degree is in mathematics, so that makes me a lot more >> conservative about adding new forms of notation. >> >> Maybe we should use -0 to indicate when there is also a lack of >> commitment? >> >> Bret >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Simon Stewart <simon.m.stew...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Željko Filipin >>> <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch> wrote: >>> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> >>> > wrote: >>> >> Not sure I understand "~1". I thought it was +0. But then I still use >>> >> paper for my todo list, so I am old-fashioned. >>> > >>> > I think I saw ~1 on selenium-dev list. >>> >>> That's what we do: +1, -1 and ~1. I think I prefer ~1 to +0 since it >>> indicates a commitment and I can just total up the symbols rather than >>> the numbers, but that's a rationalization :) >>> >>> Simon >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wtr-development mailing list >>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Bret Pettichord >> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com >> >> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com >> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-development mailing list >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com Blog, www.testingwithvision.com Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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