On 27/09/2007, Vaughan Pratt <pratt@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
Don't pander to the retards.
Speaking as a *nonconstructive* analyst and ``retard'', who *might* like to know more, I'm not sure how to take this... Most analysts I know come to accept ``better technology'' or ``a more correct perspective'' through use, not abuse. The advantage of topological over metric arguments in *some* contexts is what sells us on topology, not because the definition of a maximal filter gives us a warm glow... Didn't Aesop have something to say about the relative merits of shouting and cajoling? Retardedly, YC (off to read Wikipedia) -- Dr. Y. Choi 519 Machray Hall Department of Mathematics University of Manitoba Winnipeg. Manitoba Canada R3T 2N2 Tel: (204)-474-8734