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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8cc95983ce7acc64 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 05:57:38 PST Reply-To: "Andrzej Lewandowski" From: "Andrzej Lewandowski" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3B859FCD.5FEA40DD@lmtas.lmco.com> <3b85b1fc_1@news3.prserv.net> <9m5898$9i$1@newstoo.ericsson.se> Subject: Re: It must surely be better ... Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:57:45 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-12-64-162-116.mis.prserv.net Message-ID: <3b864e80_3@news3.prserv.net> X-Trace: 24 Aug 2001 12:54:24 GMT, slip-12-64-162-116.mis.prserv.net Organization: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!portc01.blue.aol.com!news.gtei.net.MISMATCH!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news3.prserv.net!slip-12-64-162-116.mis.prserv.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12376 Date: 2001-08-24T08:57:45-05:00 List-Id: "Petter Fryklund" wrote in message news:9m5898$9i$1@newstoo.ericsson.se... > to be one of few excellent than ome of many mediocre ... > What if you cannot put your excellence into the pot, or use it to put the mortgage?... If you read science-fiction, then there is a book Cyberiad by Lem. Quote: "Chinese Fu was taught by Chinese Ku how to kill dragoons. Education lasted 50 years. When Fu graduated with distinctions, he wanted to test his skills. Unfortunately, he was unable to find a dragoon". A.L.