Using insults when arguments fail

From: Mark Green <mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca>
Date: Wed Oct 27 22:23:47 1999

> Chris Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > Mike Ford wrote:
> >
> > [stuff deleted]
> >
> > > <another person stands up>
> > > I'm not a DECaholic either, whats wrong with a raised floor in the family
> > > room?
> >
> > Oh dear. You're suggesting there's something unusual about a raised floor
> > in the family room? :-)
>
> Especially when it's the only room in the house with a ceiling high
> enough to leave room for it. (Other than the master bedroom, I'm
> still negiotiating with the wife on that one...)
>

We used to have computers in the master bedroom (my wife is also
in the computer field). We removed them after a few months, it
made it too hard for one of us to sleep while the other was
pulling an all nighter!

-- 
Dr. Mark Green                                 mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
Professor                                      (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science                (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 22:23:47 BST

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