On 6/07/19 11:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: <SNIP>> I have tried both Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha at times and found neither > of them so compelling that I felt the slightest bit jealous of people who > have licensed access to Wolfram's tools and services.<SNIP> You mean "... *envious* of people ... "!!! :-) I once explained the difference between "envious" and "jealous" to my wife Victoria, by means of the following parable: Suppose that you were walking down that the street one day, engaged in conversation with our good friend Jeff Newmiller [1] and you chanced to look up and catch sight of me, locked in a hot passionate embrace with [e.g.] Tessa Thompson. *You* (Victoria) would be jealous. Jeff would be envious. cheers, Rolf [1] Obviously I used the name of a bloke who is actually in my wife's and my circle of acquaintances when I first inflicted this parable upon my wife. Also I am "of course" assuming here that Jeff is heterosexual. -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
Who let the editor in here? :-) Anyway, I stand corrected. On July 6, 2019 3:37:52 PM PDT, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:> >On 6/07/19 11:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > ><SNIP> > >> I have tried both Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha at times and found >neither >> of them so compelling that I felt the slightest bit jealous of people >who >> have licensed access to Wolfram's tools and services. > ><SNIP> > >You mean "... *envious* of people ... "!!! :-) > >I once explained the difference between "envious" and "jealous" to my >wife Victoria, by means of the following parable: > >Suppose that you were walking down that the street one day, engaged in >conversation with our good friend Jeff Newmiller [1] and you chanced to > >look up and catch sight of me, locked in a hot passionate embrace with >[e.g.] Tessa Thompson. *You* (Victoria) would be jealous. Jeff would >be envious. > >cheers, > >Rolf > >[1] Obviously I used the name of a bloke who is actually in my wife's >and my circle of acquaintances when I first inflicted this parable upon > >my wife. Also I am "of course" assuming here that Jeff is >heterosexual.-- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On 7/07/19 11:59 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:> Who let the editor in here? :-)Sorry! Can't help it! :-)> Anyway, I stand corrected.Sad to say, you are far from being alone in your breach of this particular rule of usage. cheers, Rolf -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276