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- From: gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis)
- Subject: Re: What's the SAT deal?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.142953.1546@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
- References: <1993Jan17.184722.10282@netcom.com> <1993Jan22.185619.14830@noao.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:29:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.185619.14830@noao.edu> forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- }From article by ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer):
- }>
- }> All which is aside the point: credentials do not assure correctness.
- }> Just because I happen to know a lot about computers and have decent
- }> credentials doesn't mean I never make mistakes. Posting one's
- }> credentials (and SAT scores) as if that was going to prove anything
- }> for me is a sign of someone who has gotten arrogant and lazy.
- }
- }
- }As I recall it, someone SPECIFICALLY ASKED him for his SAT's.
- }So no one can get off ridiculing him for consenting to answer such
- }a direct question.
-
- Let me put it this way. Supposing someone asked you to post your
- bra size. If you even acknowledged it at all, I would expect you
- would decline, with a comment somewhat to the effect of it's none of
- my business and besides it doesn't have any bearing on what we
- discuss here. If you did post it, I imagine you might be ridiculed
- even though "someone SPECIFICALLY ASKED" you to do so.
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