On Feb 24, 2004, at 3:56 PM, David Goldfarb wrote: <snip> >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:20:40PM -0800, 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 >> >> Ah....the irony :) > > Are you laboring under the impression that that sig has any mistakes > in it? > If so then there's more irony than you think. Let's just say that your > comment should have been more like: > >> 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. > > -- > 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 > > This is ALL to subtle for me. I thought athiest meant the one with the most athy.