> Always keep Sturgeon's Law firmly fixed in your mind...
>> Always keep Sturgeon's Law firmly fixed in your mind...
>
> What, "people will put steel hooks into your body, rip you wide open while
> you're still alive, and then sell your eggs for extortionate prices"?
Sturgeon's Law, named for the noted science-fiction author
Theodore "Ted" Sturgeon. Mr. Sturgeon was, supposedly, once
asked by a member of the "mainstream press" how he could
associate himself with SF, since "90% of it is crap," to which
he famously replied:
"My dear, ninety percent of EVERTHING is crap."
Bob M.
P. Roehling - 30 Apr 2008 01:11 GMT
>> What, "people will put steel hooks into your body, rip you wide open
>> while you're still alive, and then sell your eggs for extortionate
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>
> "My dear, ninety percent of EVERTHING is crap."
Yes, I know. That's why I put the smiley after my answer so that everyone
would know I was kidding.
You know: the smiley you snipped before replying?
Bob Myers - 30 Apr 2008 04:07 GMT
> Yes, I know. That's why I put the smiley after my answer so that everyone
> would know I was kidding.
>
> You know: the smiley you snipped before replying?
Not intentionally, however - sorry, I just missed the
smiley. Been one of those days.
And I'll have to assume that there are at least some poor
souls out there who aren't familiar with the story of
(or, for that matter, the stories of) Ted Sturgeon, so
surely it wasn't a total loss.
Bob M.