Re: [Gnu-arch-users] more on the merge-fest

[Andrew Suffield]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:52:35PM -0800, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 07:40 pm, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > False. I know one very important thing about your experience: it leads
> > you to the conclusion you made. From this piece of data I can conclude
> > all kinds of things.
> >
> > Arguments of the form "You know nothing about [me]..." are invariably
> > broken.
> 
> False.  I'm posting with the name of Samuel, yet I could be female.  You 
> don't know, until you actually meet me.  Until further evidence presents 
> itself, you have to take it on faith that I am, in fact, male.

And that is a reasonable assumption, which only serves to reinforce my
point. It's irrelevant though.

> > > > Most of the time, the specification is pulled out of the air (to
> > > > satisfy the requirements) and then ignored completely, and bears
> > > > no resemblence to the result.
> > >
> > > Not for the companies I've worked for, and none of them were tied to
> > > the government in any way.
> >
> > So they are totally irrelevant? Why are you even bringing them up?
> 
> ???  You totally confused me with this.  Explain yourself.

You just said that the companies you worked for had nothing to do with
the government, when we were talking about government work... so what
relevance do they have?

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