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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no 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 06:49:57 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc From: Ted Dennison References: <92HD6.3345$D4.334091@www.newsranger.com> <200104240531.WAA01552@well.com> <3AE5A34F.B89C8D5F@boeing.com> <3AE9AD0B.79593A@boeing.com> Subject: Re: Ada, Software Engineering and Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:49:24 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:49:24 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7047 misc.misc:2679 Date: 2001-04-30T13:49:24+00:00 List-Id: In article , Peter Richtmyer says... > >"Jeffrey Carter" 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). --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com