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On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 13:40 +1300, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">However, sometimes giving a whining child a lollipop is a rational</FONT>
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Way to dismiss valid complaints with an insulting backhand.<BR>
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And then people wonder why it is technical types have a reputation for having no social skills.<BR>
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<B>Michael T. Richter</B> <<A HREF="mailto:ttmrichter@gmail.com">ttmrichter@gmail.com</A>> (<B>GoogleTalk:</B> ttmrichter@gmail.com)<BR>
<I>All really first class designers are both artists, engineers, and men of a powerful and intolerant temper, quick to resist the least modification of the plans, energetic in fighting the least infringement upon what they regard as their own sphere of action. (Nevil Shute)</I>
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