Oh, nice. I fully approve of a stylin' suit purchase.
BTW, now that I'm a few hundred pages into Cryptonomicon, which is noticeably over the 1000-page mark, there've been numerous mentions of the Allied codebreaking efforts that cracked Enigma and Purple - it's actually one of the two or three main storylines in the book. The whole thing's as funny as pushing a clown into traffic, too - I recommend it.
Sorry for the confusion - I've been up all night. This book actually picks up at the tail end of that stuff, when Enigma got buffed up a bit. It's also pure fiction, but still a good read.
USCF = United States Chess Federation? The only credentials that I know that make me pause are sports med MD's, PT's, and university degrees in Kinesiology, Biomechanics, etc... but still not sufficient to buttress an argument from authority.
I see condescending attitude and personal attacks as largely separate issues. If someone is doling out unresearched, unfounded heresay as knowledge, especially in the context of offering a prescription for a medical problem, it's going to be hard not to express disdain for their opinion, particularly if they get huffy about being called to task for the content of what they say. The response you quote was to someone essentially claiming that their assertions were self-evident and unquestionable. Is this supposed to provoke somber reverence on my part?
Notwithstanding rhetorical flourish, I make an effort to stick to the subject, as opposed to what you were doing. The 'compliments' you were giving me appeared to be more of the false consolation variety in context.
I think it's great that you're willing to talk about your sister's stuff in any way. I've met a lot of families that don't acknowledge that, well, living with people who have Aspergers can be pretty weird. Admitting that is kind of difficult for some people.
I think you know you're shopping for clothes in the right place when more than one person is helping out. Everybody has their niche to fill, right?
My point was that credentials are irrelevant, only content is. Something which you obviously can't understand, either in principle or where the rubber meets the road. As for the rest, I'm done with you. Please do not pollute my journal space again.
About the only thing I lost was the time I wasted trying to reason with you. I know you can't seem to get this, but I don't care about you personally or your online ego games. I really post on exercise-related forums to work on the actual content of my ideas. When someone like you evades every single substantive argument, I lose interest quickly. Go poke someone else with a stick. You're becoming that sad loner who lodges himself in one's dorm room and just won't leave.
