On Oct 23, 9:24 am, Patrick Karl <jpk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>
> > I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to understand
> > it to be honest.
>
> Especially if one of the authors is Heathfield, eh?

That particular Richard is a pure troll. He gives bad advice (so bad
it has to be intentionally bad) and (apparently) makes no attempt to
learn anything. He *clearly* has 'Heathfield envy' and follows RH
around like some kind of weird little stalker.

The best thing to do is simply ignore him.

IMO-YMMV.

In article <1193165183.154599.304640@k35g2000prh.googlegroups .com>,
user923005 <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote:
>On Oct 23, 9:24 am, Patrick Karl <jpk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Richard wrote:
>>
>> > I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to understand
>> > it to be honest.
>>
>> Especially if one of the authors is Heathfield, eh?
>
>That particular Richard is a pure troll. He gives bad advice (so bad
>it has to be intentionally bad) and (apparently) makes no attempt to
>learn anything. He *clearly* has 'Heathfield envy' and follows RH
>around like some kind of weird little stalker.

That's not what Heathfield himself says (see recent post in which
Heathfield tries very hard to distinguish between myself and my learned
colleague). You guys need to get your act together.

>The best thing to do is simply ignore him.
>
>IMO-YMMV.

And worth every penny.

Patrick Karl wrote:

> Richard wrote:

[blither blather]

> You forgot to add that you have a big aversion to anything that has
> the name "Heathfield" on it.


He's just trolling. He craves response. It's far better to ignore him.




Brian

Richard <rgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to
> understand it to be honest.

Who doesn't?

--
Peter

"Peter Nilsson" <airia@acay.com.au> wrote in message
> Richard <rgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to
>> understand it to be honest.
>
> Who doesn't?
>
<OT>
There's a small but very real market for incomprehensible books.
Poststructuralist readers, avant guarde works like Finnegan's Wake, there is
even a book written by the Elizabethan magician John Dee which consists
entirely of uninterpreted squiggles.
</OT>


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Malcolm McLean wrote:
> "Peter Nilsson" <airia@acay.com.au> wrote in message
>> Richard <rgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to
>>> understand it to be honest.
>>
>> Who doesn't?
>>
> <OT>
> There's a small but very real market for incomprehensible books.
> Poststructuralist readers, avant guarde works like Finnegan's
> Wake, there is even a book written by the Elizabethan magician
> John Dee which consists entirely of uninterpreted squiggles.
> </OT>

Who's the publisher and the price? Is it in print? Did he get my
permission to publish my code?

--
Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>



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"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> Malcolm McLean wrote:
>> "Peter Nilsson" <airia@acay.com.au> wrote in message
>>> Richard <rgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to
>>>> understand it to be honest.
>>>
>>> Who doesn't?
>>>
>> <OT>
>> There's a small but very real market for incomprehensible books.
>> Poststructuralist readers, avant guarde works like Finnegan's
>> Wake, there is even a book written by the Elizabethan magician
>> John Dee which consists entirely of uninterpreted squiggles.
>> </OT>
>
> Who's the publisher and the price? Is it in print? Did he get my
> permission to publish my code?
>
It's called the Voynich manuscript. I checked and, though it certainly came
into the possession of John Dee, there is dispute as to whether it was
actually written by him.
You can buy it as
Le Code Voynich (Paris, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2005.)

I'm afraid I don't know the price.

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"Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@btinternet.com> wrote:

> "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > Malcolm McLean wrote:
> >> "Peter Nilsson" <airia@acay.com.au> wrote in message
> >>> Richard <rgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to
> >>>> understand it to be honest.
> >>>
> >>> Who doesn't?
> >>>
> >> <OT>
> >> There's a small but very real market for incomprehensible books.
> >> Poststructuralist readers, avant guarde works like Finnegan's
> >> Wake, there is even a book written by the Elizabethan magician
> >> John Dee which consists entirely of uninterpreted squiggles.
> >> </OT>
> >
> > Who's the publisher and the price? Is it in print? Did he get my
> > permission to publish my code?
> >
> It's called the Voynich manuscript. I checked and, though it certainly came
> into the possession of John Dee,

Certainly? Reputedly. It _certainly_ came into the possession of Rudolf
of Bohemen in Dee's time, but the assumption that it was sold to him by
Dee is based mostly on the equally shaky assumption that it was written
by Bacon.

> You can buy it as
> Le Code Voynich (Paris, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2005.)

Web skills are foo... <http://www.jcgawsewitch.com/livre.php?id_livre=4>

Richard