[PLUG] Would you consider donating to the OSU ACM? (To hear R MS?)

Cooper Stevenson cooper at linux-enterprise.net
Wed Jul 17 06:11:17 UTC 2002


All;

> >>>>> "Jeremy" == Miller, Jeremy <JMILLER at ci.albany.or.us> writes:
> 

Why don't we just send him an email and, if he's privy to the idea of
coming to Portland, ask him what *he* wants to do?

> Jeremy> Maybe it is just a silly idea.  But it sounded kind of fun to
> Jeremy> me.  At least worth a thought.
> 
> It sounded to me like geek-celebrity-cling-fest, which might seem
> interesting to the clingers, but probably not so much for the clingee.
> Going to a party with 200 strangers just to have them all huddle
> around, ready to catch my every dribble, doesn't sound like vacation
> to me.  It sounds excruciatingly mundane.  Maybe it's just me, but I
> find celebrity-worship, cult-of-personality obsession revolting, and
> that's what this idea smelled like.
> 
> -- 
> Russell Senior         ``The two chiefs turned to each other.        
> seniorr at aracnet.com      Bellison uncorked a flood of horrible       
>                          profanity, which, translated meant, `This is
>                          extremely unusual.' ''                      
> 
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