• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• To: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>, xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:34:39 -0600

That's good.  I thought we 
would have to invoke the same 
rules we just laid on our kids 
here in the states to stave off 
the use of guns on playground 
bullies.

<offtopic>Gad, we have a mess here and 
we are reacting with technology 
and draconian rules instead of 
thinking.

"We are swinging God in a cradle..."</offtopic>

Len 
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Jelliffe [mailto:ricko@a...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:55 AM
To: xml-dev
Subject: Re: Request for a poll: (was RE: Datatypes vs anarchy)


From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) <clbullar@i...>

>I love the analogy.  But unless we want a
>war here, the American baiting is kind
>of worthless

Oh, for once I wasn't slagging off at Americans!

The analogy was American trains using imperial measures (track sizes,
parts):
adopting metric won't make the train stop.

Sorry for being obscure, Len.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe


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