1. [OT] Re: [RC] Lucius tries to use namespace
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 04:28:04PM -0500, gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
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> On 24 Jun 2003, at 16:04, Lucius Hilley wrote:
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> >
> > Ok, I'll start with an insult.
> > Robert Craig, Bite me.
>
> Can someone PLEASE tell me what that means?? No one has ever clued
> me in why YOU being bit is an insult to THEM. And why would they bite you
> anyhow?
>
> Kat
>
"Bite me." is a sort of challege. So it becomes "I dare you to bite me.",
which in turn is a version of "I challege you to attack me." which in old
times, is related to honor. Hence, refusing the challege YOU give dishonors
THEM (especially since in these modern times, no one would accept and hence
be dishonored). Old-fashioned, but then again the use of curse/swear words
as an insult is also as old-fashioned.
Of course, the above is entirely a guess. I expect to be disproved rather
soon. :D
jbrown
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2. [OT] Re: [RC] Lucius tries to use namespace
A note: Please remember to put the [OT] where it belongs.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:57:02PM -0500, gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
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> So Lucius doesn't really want to be bit anywhere, and (since it's not serious)
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> nor does he have a "crush" on Rob, ok. But why the challenge on Rob's
> honor to do that? If doing that act is so honorable and desireable to Lucius,
> why is that a bad thing for one man to do unto another?
No, the honor is on Rob accepting. Obviously, if you challege a samuari on his
honor to attack and kill you, and he accepts, thats not desireable to you
(unless you fight back and win). What is desireable to you is to have the
samuari dishonored by refusing your challege. Basicly you want him to look
bad.
Or so it would be in olden times. Now, it probably applies not
so much ... I can't speak for Lucius directly, but the modern teenager (yes
I know Lucius is long past his teen years ... hence I don't speak for him)
who says "bite me" is just using an olden expression to express his/her
disrespect and resentment.
Or so I guess.
> And how is this
> related to programming?
Other than the initial words typed by Lucius to express himself publicly to
Robert Craig about his opinion of Euphoria namespaces, this is not in any
way related to programming. Or so I guess.
>
> Kat,
> thinking men are still strange beings.
>
jbrown,
starting to think the same thing.
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