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Carleton Fiorina
Message #1 Posted by John W Kercheval on 9 May 2012, 1:53 p.m.

I am the Fiorina poster.

I was just kidding about that which I wrote about her.

Terrible HP leader & that college degree in Medieval Studies did not help much.

      
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #2 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 9 May 2012, 2:41 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by John W Kercheval

Do you fear we didn't get it? ;-)

            
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #3 Posted by John W Kercheval on 9 May 2012, 2:46 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Marcus von Cube, Germany

Marcus:

I am quite certain most readers did not get the joke.

                  
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #4 Posted by M. Joury on 9 May 2012, 2:50 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by John W Kercheval

What, you didn't think an HP51CF was a good idea? Or was it a 52...?

Cheers,

-Marwan

                  
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #5 Posted by Bart (UK) on 9 May 2012, 2:51 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by John W Kercheval

Well, your first post left me wondering if you were married to her or related or something, but "her de facto invention, development, launch, and advancement of the HP48GX and its peripherals and plug-ins" was a bit of a giveaway ;-)

                        
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #6 Posted by John W Kercheval on 9 May 2012, 2:57 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Bart (UK)

Marwan: Do not understand.

Bart: DA!

                  
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #7 Posted by Jeff Dinkins on 9 May 2012, 3:24 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by John W Kercheval

I'll have to admit that you got me. Well done.

p.s. possibly relevant

*Edit: spelling

Edited: 9 May 2012, 3:27 p.m.

      
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #8 Posted by bill platt on 9 May 2012, 3:57 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by John W Kercheval

LOL John you almost ruined it ;-)

      
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #9 Posted by Walter B on 9 May 2012, 5:02 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by John W Kercheval

John, do you have to resolve every joke on your side of the Atlantic? To ensure even the mentally challenged get it? Oh Carly ;-)

            
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #10 Posted by John W Kercheval on 9 May 2012, 5:17 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Walter B

Yes, the German guys rarely get a good joke. I resolve them for their benefit.

                  
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #11 Posted by Walter B on 9 May 2012, 5:34 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by John W Kercheval

;-) Well, compare the posts in your earlier thread about Carly. Seems we get your kind of jokes in your language better than you get our jokes in our language at least ;-)

                        
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #12 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 9 May 2012, 7:17 p.m.,
in response to message #11 by Walter B

Touche Walter!

Or in non French, ZING!

Edited: 9 May 2012, 7:18 p.m.

                        
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #13 Posted by bill platt on 9 May 2012, 8:33 p.m.,
in response to message #11 by Walter B

Hahaha!

                  
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #14 Posted by bill platt on 9 May 2012, 8:32 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by John W Kercheval

sarcastic LOL

      
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #15 Posted by Les Wright on 9 May 2012, 9:03 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by John W Kercheval

Quote:
Terrible HP leader & that college degree in Medieval Studies did not help much.

Hey! One of my degrees is in music. I focussed more on academics than performance (I really am a pedestrian musician), specifically Baroque, Renaissance, and Mediaeval repertoire. I especially enjoyed the latter. All quite enjoyable and edifying.

It scarcely qualifies me to lead a huge tech corporation, I'll admit. But I have to say that, notwithstanding that most of my specifically career-oriented education has been in scientific disciplines, I do get my shorts in a twist when anyone in maths, sciences, or professions disparages the arts or humanities as less worthy of scholarly attention. I remember in early medical school the biochemistry professor telling us that memorizing the Krebs cycle may never be directly relevant to daily medical practice for almost all physicians, but the process of learning something complicated properly and in depth was a worthy mental exercise and a lesson in life. Funnily enough, this is exactly how I feel about the hours I spent in getting a basic reading knowledge of mediaeval Occitan or analyzing the structure of Machaut's motets. Even funnier, I have long forgotten my Krebs cycle, but never Machaut.

Les

            
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #16 Posted by aurelio on 10 May 2012, 5:12 a.m.,
in response to message #15 by Les Wright

Quote:

Hey! One of my degrees is in music. I focussed more on academics than performance (I really am a pedestrian musician), specifically Baroque, Renaissance, and Mediaeval repertoire. I especially enjoyed the latter. All quite enjoyable and edifying. [omissis] Les


Hi Les, what's (what are)you instruments? You studied/you play/played ancient music, really?

Ciao

Aurelio

      
Re: Carleton Fiorina
Message #17 Posted by Alex S on 10 May 2012, 3:35 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by John W Kercheval

Quote:
I am the Fiorina poster.

I was just kidding about that which I wrote about her.

Terrible HP leader & that college degree in Medieval Studies did not help much.


Hi John,

now you regret your original position. Good. And Thanks a lot for admitting. (Mind Poe's Law)

Sorry for believing you first. I met many Americans during that time who believed that Fiorina was the greatest CEO ever.

Best regards, Alex


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