View Full Version : Aliens fighting each other


W. Citoan
12-19-2007, 07:46 PM
David DeLaney wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:56:59 GMT, W. Citoan
> <wcitoan@NOSPAM-yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >William Tenn's "The Liberation of Earth"?
> >
> >There is a review of it at the following link which has an excerpt:
> >http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com/2004/08/liberation-of-earth-and-other-stories.html
>
> Okay, this is the one _I_ was thinking of. You, sir, have achieved a
> negative- elapsed-time YASID; congratulations!

Well, since your description was slightly different, I'll give the
credit in the YASID stats to David Goldfarb as he answered it in your
thread. My stats aren't designed for negative numbers! :-)

- W. Citoan
--
A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one
hath found a treasure.
-- Ecclesiasticus (Book of Sirach)

David DeLaney
12-19-2007, 08:21 PM
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:46:50 GMT, W. Citoan <wcitoan@NOSPAM-yahoo.com> wrote:
>David DeLaney wrote:
>> Okay, this is the one _I_ was thinking of. You, sir, have achieved a
>> negative- elapsed-time YASID; congratulations!
>
>Well, since your description was slightly different, I'll give the
>credit in the YASID stats to David Goldfarb as he answered it in your
>thread. My stats aren't designed for negative numbers! :-)

will find code bugs for food

Dave
--
\/David DeLaney posting from dbd@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

Dan Goodman
12-19-2007, 08:40 PM
David DeLaney wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:46:50 GMT, W. Citoan
> <wcitoan@NOSPAM-yahoo.com> wrote:
> > David DeLaney wrote:
> >> Okay, this is the one I was thinking of. You, sir, have achieved a
> >> negative- elapsed-time YASID; congratulations!
> >
> > Well, since your description was slightly different, I'll give the
> > credit in the YASID stats to David Goldfarb as he answered it in
> > your thread. My stats aren't designed for negative numbers! :-)
>
> will find code bugs for food

They're not worth eating unless you're really, really hungry.

--
Dan Goodman
"I have always depended on the kindness of stranglers.".
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Expire
Journal http://dsgood.livejournal.com
Futures http://dangoodman.livejournal.com
mirror: http://dsgood.insanejournal.com
Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood