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Monday, December 24, 2007
  Groucho Marx on Programming Flame Wars


Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don’t anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you’re always trying for a topper you aren’t really listening. It ruins communication.
—Julius “Groucho” Marx
as quoted in What Color is Your Paradigm: Thinking for Shaping Life and Results (2003) by Howard Edson, p. 184. Source: WikiQuote
  7:12 AM

Comments on “Groucho Marx on Programming Flame Wars”:
The irony!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 4:02 PM
 
So I get the title, really, you know... because the comment is so apt and all... nice one.

But it's !@#$%!@#$ dishonest. Why do bloggers feel like they can pollute the information space with lies and get away with it in the name of artistic license? It's screwed up.

I hate you.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 12:50 PM
 
Gosh yes, anonymous - up until yesterday everything on the Internet was true! Darn those bloggers!
# posted by Anonymous Clifton : 6:41 PM
 




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