On 16/05/14 12:32, Stephen wrote:
> 
> No one has mentioned the old maxim. "If it looks too good to be true
> then it probably isn't."
> And the accent! Cut glass but pronounces data as da-ta not day-ta.

Hmm. didn't notice that but I've got used to people using less than
Oxbridge pronunciation :-)

> Call me a cynical old fool (not you Dr. John) but this smells of rotten
> fish.
> 

Old? - Never. You're younger than me.
Fool? - Hardly. You know your limitations and you don't boast of your
strengths.
Cynical? - How about a slightly pessimistic and realistic view of human
behaviour?

BTW If these people are sincere in their belief that they have a
radically new system, where's the patent? ... or if they wish to go the
FOSS route, where's the algorithm?

John (a cynical old !fool)
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On Fri, 16 May 2014 07:58:53 +0200, Le_Forgeron wrote:

> SSD or HDD or SSHD ? (solid state drive, hard drive (traditional), solid
> state hybrid hard drive).

[aside to Le Forgerson - I'm teasing Andy about this.... ;) ]

Jim



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On Fri, 16 May 2014 12:32:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> Call me a cynical old fool (not you Dr. John) but this smells of rotten
> fish.

[checks - no, I'm not Dr. John]

You cynical old fool. ;)

Jim



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On 16/05/2014 23:33, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2014 12:32:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Call me a cynical old fool (not you Dr. John) but this smells of rotten
>> fish.
>
> [checks - no, I'm not Dr. John]
>
> You cynical old fool. ;)
>

Boom! boom!


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On 16/05/2014 22:19, Doctor John wrote:
> On 16/05/14 12:32, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> No one has mentioned the old maxim. "If it looks too good to be true
>> then it probably isn't."
>> And the accent! Cut glass but pronounces data as da-ta not day-ta.
>
> Hmm. didn't notice that but I've got used to people using less than
> Oxbridge pronunciation :-)
>
>> Call me a cynical old fool (not you Dr. John) but this smells of rotten
>> fish.
>>
>
> Old? - Never. You're younger than me.

I bow to your wisdom, my Ancient (Pistol).

> Fool? - Hardly. You know your limitations and you don't boast of your
> strengths.

"Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe I knowe ynogh, on even and 
a-morwe."

> Cynical? - How about a slightly pessimistic and realistic view of human
> behaviour?
>

FOURTH CITIZEN. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad 
verses. (Or images.)

> BTW If these people are sincere in their belief that they have a
> radically new system, where's the patent? ... or if they wish to go the
> FOSS route, where's the algorithm?
>

+1

> John (a cynical old !fool)
>

A factorial fool? ^_^

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>> You cynical old fool. ;)
>>
>
> Boom! boom!

Let me hear you say wayoh!

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On 17/05/14 15:48, Stephen wrote:
> 
> I bow to your wisdom, my Ancient (Pistol).
> 

Shakespeare? Henry V?

> "Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe I knowe ynogh, on even and
> a-morwe."

Chaucer. Merchant's Tale - Did it for O-levels :-)

> 
> FOURTH CITIZEN. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad
> verses. (Or images.)
> 

Shookspoke again. I guess Julius Caesar

>> BTW If these people are sincere in their belief that they have a
>> radically new system, where's the patent? ... or if they wish to go the
>> FOSS route, where's the algorithm?
>>
> 
> +1
> 

Our cynicism is based on experience.

>> John (a cynical old !fool)
>>
> 
> A factorial fool? ^_^
> 
 That's a logical NOT, <sotto voce> idiot

John
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On 17/05/14 22:00, Doctor John wrote:
> 
> Our cynicism is based on experience.
> 

Which is why we are consultants - we think a little more deeply.

John

BTW Your phone number went missing when my phone hit the ground. Text me
and I'll call back to confirm (still the same number)
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On 17/05/2014 21:23, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> You cynical old fool. ;)
>>>
>>
>> Boom! boom!
>
> Let me hear you say wayoh!

Wae'aye pet.

WAYOH!

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     Stephen

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On 17/05/2014 22:00, Doctor John wrote:
> On 17/05/14 15:48, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> I bow to your wisdom, my Ancient (Pistol).
>>
>
> Shakespeare? Henry V?

Easy.

>
>> "Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe I knowe ynogh, on even and
>> a-morwe."
>
> Chaucer. Merchant's Tale - Did it for O-levels :-)
>

Lier you learned it at your mother's knee.

We never got the miller's tale.

(Interesting-ish fact: I met this guy in Nigeria, from the Kingdom 
(Fife), who could recite great chunks of Chaucer in a broad Scots. 
Strangely enough it was more intelligible than out English teacher's.

>>
>> FOURTH CITIZEN. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad
>> verses. (Or images.)
>>
>
> Shookspoke again. I guess Julius Caesar

Yup!

>
>>> BTW If these people are sincere in their belief that they have a
>>> radically new system, where's the patent? ... or if they wish to go the
>>> FOSS route, where's the algorithm?
>>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>
> Our cynicism is based on experience.
>

Too bloody right.

>>> John (a cynical old !fool)
>>>
>>
>> A factorial fool? ^_^
>>
>   That's a logical NOT, <sotto voce> idiot
>

'Snot. Ba'bag :-P


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     Stephen

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