Posted by Triffid on 10/09/05 16:41

George Hester wrote:

>>>>
>>>
>>>Could be you are being ignored. The other thing is the provider
>>>needs to refresh their shares. Other thing is the sharer may have
>>>deleted the file. Lastly but not foolish really the sharer is
>>
>>French-Grrr...
>>
>>>they just don't know how this thing works. They are all dumb when it
>>>comes to WinMX and I actually love their culture.
>>>
>>
>>I thought you were American, George?
>>
>
> I am but I recognize a superior culture when I see one. Without the French
> we'd still be reading things like Tom Clancy instead of James Joyce.
> Neither French I know but if it wasn't for the French Joyce would never have
> existed. Same could be said for Melville; Pynchon; Gaddis; Bester.
>

ITYF that we're /all/ reading Harry Potter. Nobody has ever read James
Joyce and lived to tell the tale. However since the Philosophers Stone
device is based on the meanderings of Nicholas Flamel, a French
alchemist, I concede your point.

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