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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

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