From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11232c,ab67bdd1ff50fd8 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c8086456b887be55 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-30 09:23:02 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news-reader.ntrnet.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!xyzzy!nntp From: Jeffrey Carter Subject: Re: Ada, Software Engineering and X-Nntp-Posting-Host: e246420.msc.az.boeing.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <3AED8BA4.FA51431E@boeing.com> Sender: nntp@news.boeing.com (Boeing NNTP News Access) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: The Boeing Company X-Accept-Language: en References: <92HD6.3345$D4.334091@www.newsranger.com> <200104240531.WAA01552@well.com> <3AE5A34F.B89C8D5F@boeing.com> <3AE9AD0B.79593A@boeing.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:58:28 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD Boeing Kit (WinNT; U) Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7056 misc.misc:2683 Date: 2001-04-30T15:58:28+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > >You are saying is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, > >Mother Theresa, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jordan. are weirdos. > >since they are all "significantly different from the norm". :-) > > I'd agree with that. The definition fits. The only problem with saying this is > the negative spin on the word, which is entirely a matter of perspective or > opinion. But the meaning is dead on. Precisely. And it is because people generally associate a negative connotation with "weird" that I use the word. After all, I'm saying to 98% of the population that we can do something that they will never be able to do. Even though this is worshipped in some people, it can still be a dangerous thing to say. -- Jeffrey Carter