On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, David Goldfarb wrote: #> David Goldfarb |"An athiest is a person who wierdly refuses #> ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ #>goldfarb at ocf.berkeley.edu |to recieve the gift of beleif in a diety." #> ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ #>goldfarb at csua.berkeley.edu | -- Dave Langford, on rec.arts.sf.fandom # #You're the second person I've encountered who didn't understand that sig; #I'm starting to wonder if it's too subtle for the net. Not for all the net. #-- # David Goldfarb <*>|"Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. #goldfarb at ocf.berkeley.edu | It wastes your time and annoys the pedant." #goldfarb at csua.berkeley.edu | -- Lois McMaster Bujold One of my favorite quotes; almost a motto for -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel