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Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #1 Posted by Paul Brogger on 11 Nov 2005, 6:56 p.m.

A tongue-in-cheek bumper sticker cries, "Nuke the unborn gay whales!"

For this site, a guaranteed flame topic might be:

"Cobubba should lower the prices on his 15C's so we won't have to use RPL!"

(Anyone care to top that one?)

Enjoy . . .

      
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #2 Posted by Howard Owen on 11 Nov 2005, 7:13 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger

Hah! Reminds me of the country song about rain, prison, a pickup truck, momma and a train.

Let's see, how about "Coburlin is forcing unsuspecting college freshmen to code in RPL." That's just a refinement on yours. How about "The only way you'll ever get a new calculator like a 15C is with emulation, because anything involving hardware is impractical. Nobody on Earth, including HP will ever build one."

            
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
Message #3 Posted by Namir on 11 Nov 2005, 11:19 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Howard Owen

We all heard that "If you want to get something done, do it yourself!"

Well, for the folks who want to bring back the HP-15C, I say, If you want the 15C so bad then:

1. Quit your regular jobs 2. Mortgage your houses and get whatever loans you can 3. Start a company that makes calculators 4. Make that HP-15C you always talk about

After step 4 you will realize why HP is soooo wize by not bringing the HP-15C.

You can take my word for it or you can find out for yourselves! It's really your call.

It's what you really do about that matters and NOT what you write on the web. Talk was, is, and will remain cheap!

                  
Re: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
Message #4 Posted by Howard Owen on 12 Nov 2005, 12:32 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Namir

Oops. Got one! 8)

The joke was the combination of the "emulators are hardware - no they're software" flame fest with the "15C is impractical - no it isn't" flame fest. The challenge is to find the most provocative such combination you can. Based on your reaction, I'd say I have an early lead. 8)

                        
Re: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
Message #5 Posted by Ed Look on 12 Nov 2005, 1:43 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Howard Owen

Reeeddd LE.... nahh, I won't say it.

                              
Re: Putting Our Eyes Where Red LEDs Are
Message #6 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 12 Nov 2005, 12:49 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Ed Look

Red LED is not a winner here. Everyone wants to have them back, no doubt.

      
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #7 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 12 Nov 2005, 7:48 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger

Paul Brogger wrote:

> For this site, a guaranteed flame topic might be: 
>     ...
> (Anyone care to top that one?)

Sure, no problem

RPL sucks big time

**vp

            
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #8 Posted by Karl Schneider on 12 Nov 2005, 1:13 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Vassilis Prevelakis

That's been stated here before:

Good reading, I think!

-- KS

                  
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #9 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 12 Nov 2005, 3:02 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Karl Schneider

Karl Schneider wrote:
> That's been stated here before:
> 
> Good reading, I think!

You have missed the sarcasm in my remark!

**vp

                        
No, I didn't....
Message #10 Posted by Karl Schneider on 12 Nov 2005, 3:33 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Vassilis Prevelakis

... I'm not uncomprehending of the thread(s) or of the English languages.

Your "tagline" just offered a fine lead-in to what I thought was one of the most insightful posts of the RPN/RPL "wars".

-- KS

                              
Re: No, I didn't....
Message #11 Posted by Howard Owen on 12 Nov 2005, 4:18 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by Karl Schneider

It was not!!!

8) 8) 8)

      
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #12 Posted by Valentin Albillo on 14 Nov 2005, 8:28 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger

Hi, all:

** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **

Absolutely *all* that follows is in good jest, and no offence or disrespect is meant to anyone, far from it, nor do I think or subscribe the absolute nonsense that follows. It's just my best attempt at Paul's challenge, and I think you'll agree it is a pretty good one at that.

** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **** Warning **

Paul Bragger posted:

"Ultimate Flame Topic" [...] (Anyone care to top that one?)

This is my best attempt at an "Ultimate Flame topic", but first make sure you've read and understood the Warning above:

Do you think that Dave Hicks is making a good money with the lousy CDs/DVDs he sells, choke-full with materials for which he doesn't own the copyright, while prohibiting access to "The Other Side" and blaming its creator for allegedly doing what he's exactly doing, in order to eliminate unwanted competence ?

I think that, in this particular forum, this will be difficult indeed to top. If enraged and outraged and ready to flame me, please read and understand the Warning above once more.

Best regards from V.

            
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #13 Posted by Paul Brogger on 14 Nov 2005, 11:25 a.m.,
in response to message #12 by Valentin Albillo

Oooohhh. A touchy one!

Thanks to the careful warning, the only thing I'd flame about in the previous is the misspelling of my name. ("Bragger"?)

In fact, I encounter that one often. MS Word's spell check suggests "braggart" when encountering my name. Now, I'm not above tooting my own horn from time to time, but I think braggart is a bit much.

;->

                  
Re: Ultimate Flame Topic
Message #14 Posted by Howard Owen on 14 Nov 2005, 11:28 a.m.,
in response to message #13 by Paul Brogger

That would be your ultimate personal flame topic then? 8)

I occasionally still get something similar with Howard/Harold.

      
The true Ultimate Flame Topic...and the shorter one!!!
Message #15 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 15 Nov 2005, 2:17 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger

EQUAL >

            
Re: The true Ultimate Flame Topic...and the shorter one!!!
Message #16 Posted by Howard Owen on 16 Nov 2005, 12:41 a.m.,
in response to message #15 by Etienne Victoria

Well, it's certainly shorter.

But you left out a graphic for the equals sign, which shows that you really favor the converse relation. A crypto-ENTERist, eh?

As Long as we are getting graphical, how about this one?

                  
Re: The true Ultimate Flame Topic...a non graphical one!!!
Message #17 Posted by Nenad (Croatia) on 16 Nov 2005, 10:06 a.m.,
in response to message #16 by Howard Owen

HP Invent > Hewlett Packard

                        
Re: The true Ultimate Flame Topic...a non graphical one!!!
Message #18 Posted by Crawl on 17 Nov 2005, 9:45 a.m.,
in response to message #17 by Nenad (Croatia)

How about, "Only weirdos have more than one calculator."

                              
Re: The true Ultimate Flame Topic...a non graphical one!!!
Message #19 Posted by Chris Dean on 17 Nov 2005, 12:08 p.m.,
in response to message #18 by Crawl

You forgot to add "and are proud of them"!

      
To sum up..
Message #20 Posted by Howard Owen on 17 Nov 2005, 12:21 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Paul Brogger

*ahem* (Takes deep breath)

"Cobubba should nuke the last 15C ever to be made, and all red LED models, including software emulated ones, so RPL and the equals key will make TI even better than HP which is worse than HP Invent anyway, because Dave Hicks censors all the proud multiple calculator weirdos!"

Edited: 17 Nov 2005, 12:29 p.m.

            
Exactly !
Message #21 Posted by Valentin Albillo on 17 Nov 2005, 12:44 p.m.,
in response to message #20 by Howard Owen

Best regards from V.

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