From: JohnT on 5 Aug 2006 14:49 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:9kn8d296go5f7iglhnq0vbn0970trnmhas(a)4ax.com... > JohnT writes: > >> You are suggesting that one doesn't need to be qualified to perform brain >> surgery? > > I am saying that one doesn't need credentials. One does need > qualifications, but qualifications and credentials are not the same > thing, contrary to popular myth. Angels are dancing on the head of this pin. JohnT
From: dgs on 5 Aug 2006 15:06 Martin wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:53:28 +0100, "Keith W" > <keithnospam(a)kwillshaw.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>"dgs" <dgs1300(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:4ji5cmF82db5U1(a)individual.net... >> >>>Mxsmanic wrote: >>> >>>>Send it to my PayPal account. >>> >>>What should be sent to your PayPal account? >> >>He's begging again > > Another thing where he is a failure. One would be hard pressed to found out which thing it is at which he is a success - and that includes endless whinging and childish argument (hah! "Debate!") on Usenet. -- dgs
From: Hatunen on 5 Aug 2006 16:44 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:02:36 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >JohnT writes: > >> You are suggesting that one doesn't need to be qualified to perform brain >> surgery? > >I am saying that one doesn't need credentials. One does need >qualifications, but qualifications and credentials are not the same >thing, contrary to popular myth. Credentials are simply attestation to the qualification. I wouldn want a brain surgeon to operate on me on his undocumented claim of qualification. But that's just me; I always look at the certificates on a doctor's wall. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 5 Aug 2006 17:34 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:56:01 GMT, marika <mcenko(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >i heard someone joke about giving the Iraqis our Constitution because >we're not using it anymore, this was funny, but cuts a little too close to >home. you heard that Robin Williams interview, too, eh? ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Mxsmanic on 5 Aug 2006 20:30
Hatunen writes: > Credentials are simply attestation to the qualification. They are assertions, not proof. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |