Posted by Neredbojias on 05/07/07 19:39

On Sun, 06 May 2007 02:32:52 GMT dorayme scribed:

>> Yes, I understood it; I just don't buy it.
>
> You understood it not at all. Just look at the data (facts) on a
> well used serious computer and there are no end of them. Do their
> sheer numbers help anyone when it comes down to answering
> something for which it is not obvious which ones help? Let me
> help you: no, they help not at all and are often a confusing
> distraction. To answer many questions that are interesting, one
> needs to think hard what sort of facts are needed. And only then,
> to search for such.

Hmm, I'd say this is one of those cases that we'll just have to agree to
disagree. Of course, I highly suspect you'll be averse to agreeing even
with that, but to disagree to disagree presents an obvious dilemma. On
the brighter side, though, some women seem to handle it perfectly.

>> How can you have the nerve to
>> say that facts are irrelevant to happenings? That is ludicrous.
>
> Put this way, it is obvious that facts are quite irrelevant.
> Suppose you have a bag full of all the facts there are (a bag
> _you_ would treasure with religious awe). Suppose something
> happens (pick anything at all). By and large, I would say most of
> the things in your bag would be quite irrelevant to the happening.

Suppose you have a universe containing all the molecules that exist.
Any single physical thing in that universe would probably consist of a
ridiculously small percentage of said molecules, no?

>> How much
>> progress do you think would have been made in just the last 2
>> centuries if that were true? Hell, there'd be no filter-tip
>> cigarettes and the phrase "back in the saddle again" would still have
>> something to do with horses.
>
> I am going to ask JK and Officer White to have a little word to
> you. JK will do the talking and "Bud" will do other things more
> in keeping with his natural talents.

Btw, I re-saw "LA Confidental" a couple weeks ago, and there's no
question about it: I could kick Bud White's ass from here to New
Zealand. He may be enthusiastic, but size counts. I could easily pound
him into the ground (-if I were into pounding men, that is.)

--
Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

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