Re: [R] re| Dr Ward on List protocol

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From: Rolf Turner (rolf@math.unb.ca)
Date: Sat 27 Dec 2003 - 03:34:57 EST 

Message-id: <200312261634.hBQGYvHJ009586@erdos.math.unb.ca>

Steve Wisdom wrote:

> I don't think an occasional dose of 'real life', via a jab from the
> Professor, will cause any lasting harm to the cosseted & emolumated
> students and academics on the List.
>
> On a Wall St trading desk, for example, every day one is kicked in
> the head more brutally by clients, superiors, counterparts, the
> markets & etc, than ever one would be by the Professor.
>
> Plus, the Professor's jabs are good Schadenfreudic fun for the rest
> of us.

Uhhhh, there's more than ***one*** rude professor who contributes to
the list.

Although I play in a very minor league academically, I like to think
that my capacity for rudeness is right up there with the best of
them! :-)

                                        cheers,

                                                Rolf Turner
                                                rolf@math.unb.ca

P. S. My New Oxford Dictionary lists the word ``emolument'' as a noun,
but does not list a verb ``emolumate''. (???)

                                                R. T.

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