X-Message-Number: 18189 From: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:39:13 EST Subject: No apologies necessary Davis Shipman wrote: >Mike, I'm sorry for getting confused about the sheep. I didn't mean to put >words in your mouth, it was just a case of bad memory. >One good result of my misattribution however was to get a response from >Mike. I never fail to learn a ton from his posts. My new strategy (just >kidding) for Cryonet posts will be as follows: 1) Make something up about >what Mike Darwin says or thinks; 2) Wait for his response which is sure to >be intelligent, highly informative and correct. Of course, I end up looking >like a fool for (1), but we will all be enriched by (2). David, no apologies are necessary! I talk too much and too fast. I don't know anyone who can keep up with me. If I were to try to repeat the salient points we discussed about voice recognition (your area of expertise) I'd make you look like a genius! Nor should you under any circumstances feel like you look foolish. On the contrary, you look decent and honest. A lot of terrible grief comes from misremembered or misheard statements that are not corrected/acknowledged. You look just great and I think most people everywhere would agree with me. The problem with e-communications is that they sound harsh even when they are not meant to be. I like you much to much to think you a fool. And, as a matter of objective fact you are much too smart to be one. I just wanted to correct the error. Sorry if it made you feel foolish. Mike Darwin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18189