Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 36

Adam Thornton · 20 May 2009, 01:47 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:47:28 -0500
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 57, Issue 36
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On May 19, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote:

> I had resolved to ignore these various discussions, because they make
> the worst of the old Usenet flame wars look like collegial &
> productive symposiums...

?!?

What Usenet were *you* on?

This current tiff is a model of tact, charm, decorum, and,  
importantly, proper grammar and spelling.

Adam

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