approx 100 assorted computer/ math/other books
Joona I Palaste
palaste at cc.helsinki.fi
Wed Oct 22 16:08:04 EDT 2003
Roedy Green <roedy at seewebsite.com> scribbled the following
on comp.lang.c:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:56:38 GMT, CBFalconer <cbfalconer at yahoo.com>
> wrote or quoted :
>>You have reinvented bogosort. Please do not toppost.
> I would like to make a different request. Make sure you say something
> original within the first 15 lines of a post. I get quite annoyed
> with folk who DON'T top post, quote 3 pages that I have already read,
> and then add one silly wisecrack.
> STOP QUOTING SO FUCKING MUCH. READING SOMETHING ONCE IS ENOUGH!!
Are you referring to CBFalconer's quoting of Phil...? Here it is in its
entirety:
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> Here is a sorting method that has the potential of being the fastest.
> 1. check if sorted, if so you are done
> 2. randomize the collection, go to 1
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Three lines. *LINES*, mind you, not *PAGES*. You, Roedy, might well
use one-line pages, but I wouldn't, because that would severely hamper
the reading of Usenet.
I, personally, get annoyed by people who top-post. Period.
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