Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Hill Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: did this group die? Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 19:56:47 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:56:47 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="94fb4d112519af73e5b0eb89b04cc4da"; logging-data="1774333"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198+WDBT++3Iu1mbuTnSIjl" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yEgQKQw91Of4bbZnQbpKdrpK4Vs= sha1:i3fSc8Ol6X2FHukwpNH1MNCxMNY= X-Face: "[W}bdfxD[0X{u@X8EN}v3.+/A8tYdf(l@{/G`,m/,A_Ik#]>8<|PW_@CLe5J vB9"i'oa!C'E1HE1,7_=cBZ*N8MTr"\4Z.tO9uO&U[v$?.RBk/{rjjiv1y+/BJF>LeyeGbg:IJNT24 Bytes: 2387 Andrews wrote: > John Hill wrote on Mon, 4 Nov 2024 09:33:37 -0000 (UTC) : > >> As a research physicist by training, profession and inclination I needed to >> read no further. I now know that I can safely disregard anything you write. >> But I'm in awe of your inventive abilities. > > I have a college degree. You do not. Well now! That is a very dogmatic assertion, made out of total ignorance. In actual fact, I have a BA and a DPhil in Physics at Oxford. (That is the Oxford equivalent of PhD at most universities). And I can prove it, naturally. But it would be better, since you are who you are, for you to look it up for yourself. But perhaps you do not regard Oxford as a proper college? Old John. -- The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.