Royal Pain

[David Thornton]

Peter L. Peres wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, David Thornton wrote:
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>>I have to admit , being an egg myself, I don't quite grok parts of your
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>What is being an egg ?
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Both the egg and "grok" are is a references to a book by Robert 
Heinlein: "Stranger in a Strange Land".
You confess your humility when you say: I am but an Egg.
Grok roughly means "understand". In the book people consume their dead 
as a means of understanding them.
It's a away of making what they are a part of you.

>>"Ok, so his perpetuum mobile works when you're looking ;-)"
>>    What do mean?
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>I was jokingly referring to the implication that the other book offers
>proven solutions towards perfection/bug freenes (I consider bug freeness
>and perfection to be unreachable ideal abstractions).
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>>"please respect mine"
>>    Is there some way in which I disrespected you?
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>No I did not imply that anybody didn't. It's just a phrase. I am sorry if
>I touched anybody here, and I apologize for it.
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>Peter
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Great stuff, thanks for taking the time to response with more than a 
line or two.

david
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