From: Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Ada, Software Engineering and
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:49:24 GMT
Date: 2001-04-30T13:49:24+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E3eH6.3944$SZ5.310486@www.newsranger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: teke3ol5pgvq53@corp.supernews.com
In article <teke3ol5pgvq53@corp.supernews.com>, Peter Richtmyer says...
>
>"Jeffrey Carter" <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message
>news:3AE9AD0B.79593A@boeing.com...
>
>> A "weirdo" in common American usage is simply someone who is
>> significantly different from the norm
>
>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.
(Of course there was/is a lot more to all of them than just being "weird" or
unusual).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-30 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-19 18:06 License to Steal "Riehle, Richard"
2001-04-19 19:31 ` Ted Dennison
2001-04-24 5:31 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2001-04-24 8:03 ` David Starner
2001-04-25 6:28 ` Florian Weimer
2001-04-24 8:54 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-04-25 3:09 ` Stephen J. Bevan
2001-04-24 16:01 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-27 7:44 ` Ada, Software Engineering and "weirdoes" (was License to Steal) Peter Richtmyer
2001-04-27 11:10 ` Kevin Rigotti
2001-04-27 13:42 ` Ada, Software Engineering and Ted Dennison
2001-04-27 14:14 ` Ada, Software Engineering and "weirdoes" (was License to Steal) Peter Richtmyer
2001-04-27 17:55 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-27 17:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-27 21:35 ` David Starner
2001-04-30 13:50 ` Ada, Software Engineering and Ted Dennison
2001-04-30 15:40 ` Ada, Software Engineering and "weirdoes" (was License to Steal) Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-27 17:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-28 3:25 ` Peter Richtmyer
2001-04-28 5:37 ` CORRECTION: Re: Ada, Software Engineering and "weirdoes" Peter Richtmyer
2001-04-30 13:49 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2001-04-30 15:58 ` Ada, Software Engineering and Jeffrey Carter
2001-04-30 18:18 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-01 1:33 ` Weird and way off topic (was Re: Ada, Software Engineering...) Peter Richtmyer
2001-05-01 16:25 ` License to Steal Stephen Leake
2001-05-02 15:26 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-03 17:37 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2001-04-24 22:20 ` Marin David Condic
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