http://blog.xcski.com/2007/05/16/whew Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/05/16/whew#comment-24074 Paul Tomblin Thu, 17 May 2007 16:29:53 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/05/16/whew#comment-24074 No, it's my interpretation that the reason they're not answering the phone because they're working on the problem makes me an optimist. If I interpreted the reason for all that being that they'd gone bankrupt or they'd been hit by a bomb, then I'd be a realist or a pessimist. No, it’s my interpretation that the reason they’re not answering the phone because they’re working on the problem makes me an optimist. If I interpreted the reason for all that being that they’d gone bankrupt or they’d been hit by a bomb, then I’d be a realist or a pessimist.

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2007/05/16/whew#comment-24070 metaphorical Thu, 17 May 2007 15:50:51 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/05/16/whew#comment-24070 "My service is broken, but here's the good news, no one is answering the phone." And the word for that is "optimist"? “My service is broken, but here’s the good news, no one is answering the phone.” And the word for that is “optimist”?

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