Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
From: Brian Raiter <breadbox@muppetlabs.com>
Subject: [comp.std.c] Re: Medical C
Date: 19 Feb 2000 22:29:45 GMT

[Submitter's note: comp.std.c, a relatively quiet NEWSGROUP devoted to
DISCUSSION of C standardization ISSUES, recently acquired something
almost like its very own CRACKPOT, going by the name karl malbrain,
with a habit of capitalizing various NOUNS in his post while making
such opaque observations as "Software can't do ANYTHING as a
THING-IN-ITSELF."]

[Moderator's note: the unquoted text resembles a simulated
conversation between a cartoon character given to nonsequiturs and a
Rogerian psychotherapist.  If you have access to Emacs, the command
"ESC x psychoanalyze-pinhead" will produce such a conversation.]

Subject: Re: Medical C 
From: Paul Jarc <prj@po.cwru.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Organization: What did you have in mind?  A short, blunt, human pyramid?

"karl malbrain" <karl_m@acm.org> writes:
> James Kuyper <kuyper@wizard.net> wrote in message
> news:38A9AA13.E272A9F3@wizard.net...
> > karl malbrain wrote:
> > > These are GENERAL engineering practices of DEMONSTRATION.
> >
> > I can't attach a meaning to that sentence, in any context, but
> > particularly not in this one. You might try to use more words, and less
> > capitalization. Shouting the words doesn't make them any clearer.
> 
> The NOMINATIVES are clear enough already.  You want an ELECTION for God's
> sake?

  Why do you say I might want to have an election?
    Did YOU find a DIGITAL WATCH in YOUR box of VELVEETA?
  What makes you believe that?
    Am I CONSING yet?...
    I have SEEN the CONSING!!

I thought this debate seemed oddly familiar...