On Tue, 2018-10-30 at 14:52 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 12:47 PM Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Now we're really getting OT. I lived in Venezuela for over 30 years and > > think I know more about the situation there than pretty much anyone > > else on this list. I do NOT want to discuss it here. > > > > I suggest this thread stay on topic and be limited to specific comments > > on the IBM acquisition and what it may mean. > > > I agree. My undergraduate was political science and the real world is > extremely nuanced and complicated and treacherous, and the terms used in > politics have almost entirely different meanings in political science. > > The vast majority of this thread reminds me of Feynman being asked about > magnetism. YouTube it. It's hilarious and spot on. He's like, 'I can't even > have a coherent conversion about it (with the interviewer) because while > the question is reasonable and interesting, without a basic (which isn't so > basic) common frame of reference every answer I give you, you won't > understand, and every metaphor I use is cheating you of a valid answer and > therefore misleading.' > > Single quote denotes paraphrasing. +1 poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
