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Apologies for not having sent this earlier: Amongst our cards this season was one from Severo Ornstein, son of Leo Ornstein (1893--2002), well-known composer, and Laura Gould, daughter of Dick & Emma Lehmer, well-known mathematicians. (``Emma remains exactly the same at 96 -- strong and well, walking in the park, feeding her increasing horde of fat squirrels, ...'') Inside is a cartoon of Bush shouting `Yahoo' and riding a missile labelled `Iraq or bust!' and the following (Dr. Strangelove revisited): Sing this song to the tune of ``If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands'' If we cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq. If the markets hurt your Mama, bomb Iraq. If the terrorists are Saudi And the bank takes back your Audi And the TV shows are bawdy, Bomb Iraq. If the corporate scandals growin', bomb Iraq. And your ties to them are showin', bomb Iraq. If the smokin' gun ain't smokin' We don't care, and we're not jokin'. That Saddam will soon be croakin', Bomb Iraq. While the globe is slowly warming, bomb Iraq. Yay! the clouds of war are storming, bomb Iraq. If the ozone hole is growing, Some things we prefer not knowing, Though our ignorance is showing, Bomb Iraq. So here's one for dear old daddy, bomb Iraq.
From his favorite little laddyy, bomb Iraq. Saying no would look like treason. It's the Hussein hunting season. And it's oil that is the reason, Bomb Iraq.
Mensaje citado por: Richard Guy <rkg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>: I am not sure how this spam got into our discussion group, especially since it ostensibly comes from a respected member of the coffee club. Those who are interested in the middle east can find numerous political cartoons of all flavors amongst the yahoo cartoon option, or Daryl Cagle's editorial cartyoons or elsewhere. - hvm ------------------------------------------------- Obtén tu correo en www.correo.unam.mx UNAMonos Comunicándonos
Amongst our cards this season was one from Severo Ornstein, son of Leo Ornstein (1893--2002), well-known composer, and Laura Gould,
Years ago, Severo, Laura and I were co-workers at Xerox. I was perplexed by a Russian book that seemed to derive an important hypergeometric identity from a mysterious integral transformation. Laura said, "My mom's a Russian mathematician, I'll bet she can help." I was later flabbergasted to read the signature of Emma Lehmer on a note patiently explaining that the book's "derivation" was merely a misleading juxtaposition of separate results. I also had the pleasure of visiting Severo and Laura in their amazing spider-plant-shaped house in Portola Valley. But as a staunch conservative, I must agree that Severo's protest song is in bad taste, in that the "bomb Iraq" refrains are not immediately followed by (Boom, Boom) sound effects. It's still math-fun when the math and fun are separate. --rwg PS, that same Russian book presented two binomial coefficient sums as the "Moriarty identities". Suspecting (again incorrectly) that the authors had been hoaxed, I Smearoxed* the page to Martin Gardner. This got me a CC of a crazy letter from the Baker Street Irregulars warning the CIA that the fiend Moriarty was aiding the Soviets. * The corporate lawyers warned us: NEVER use "Xerox" as a verb.
On 28 Feb 2003 at 10:33, R. William Gosper wrote: Not math, but it might be something you're interested in:
PS, ... I Smearoxed* the page...
* The corporate lawyers warned us: NEVER use "Xerox" as a verb.
This matter has come up recently in other contexts [in particular, Google[TM]'s attempt to do something about "to google" becoming more common than it already is] The prevailing opinion was that *VERBS* cannot be trademarked; that the trademark only refers to, well, what it refers to [e.g., a photocopier manufactured by the particular company]. This is actualy borne out by a quick trip to the online M-W dictionary where there are two entries for 'xerox': lowercase as a verb, uppercase and TM'ed as a noun: <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=xerox> so, IMO, by all means xerox that sucker...:o) /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
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