POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Yes, that time : Re: Yes, that time Server Time
8 Sep 2024 07:14:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Yes, that time  
From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 17 Jun 2008 16:58:07
Message: <4858255f$1@news.povray.org>
>>>   It never ceases to amaze my why you are so eager to shout about your
>>> ignorance about things.
> 
>> It never ceases to amaze me how you like to remind me what a stupid 
>> ignorant fool I am at every possible opportunity.
> 
>   I would have had quite many opportunities to comment on your posts,
> but I promised I would stop that. This time I just couldn't resist.
> 
>   Besides, when I used the word "ignorant" I used it to mean "doesn't
> know things". The negative connotations are your own interpretation.

OK, fair enough. In English it's almost always used with negative intent...

>   As I said in the part which you didn't quote, I was not talking about
> what you do and don't know, but about your constant eagerness to show your
> ignorance.

You don't learn things by pretending to know everything, surely? ;-)

["The greatest knowledge is in knowing that you know nothing." Famous 
dead dude.]

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