They have described me as a "flat earth denier" and a "globetard" - so clearly they have constructed their own vocabulary and subculture. If they change their minds, they lose that feeling of belonging to a special club.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:06 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Here's the problem though. Trying to convince those who have made their > living teaching that the earth is flat, would have to admit that all those > hard long days and nights and years spent refining their "science" was all > for naught, a fools errand, and that indeed their entire life and reputation > is now in jeopardy. All the higher education, all the respected colleagues, > the money spent that maybe they are still paying back, all for nothing. And > you expect them to be honestly engaged in adopting a better way? No, the flat > earthers must be flat earthers for all posterity. They are all in. > Allegorically speaking. > > Bob S > > >> On Aug 21, 2017, at 12:53 , Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I just watched the eclipse where I live, while debating flat earth believers >> online. Some irony there, I suppose. >> >> It reminded me of the time another programmer told me LiveCode was a toy. >> Years later when asked by management to duplicate the functions of an app I >> created so that those functionalities could be incorporated into that team's >> main app, that same programmer concluded it would be impractical because my >> app did way more than they realized. The app saves that team about 2 hours a >> day of expensive staff time, which is quite a lot considering they have used >> it for 10 years. >> >> My point? The Earth is not flat. LC is great, even if some mainstream >> programmers are so entrenched, they cannot perceive its value. >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
