Oh, lightbulb faintly glows.  That's where John Kennedy Toole got the name/idea for his book _A Confederacy of Dunces_.  Excellent ready, btw.

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Gerhard Fiedler
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [OT] Sound sleep <- Re: {PIC} Basic Compiler

Russell McMahon wrote:

>> "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign:
>> that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."   -Jonathan Swift
> 
> Within reason, yes.
> Really great genius tends to rise above the flow in at least some 
> cases.

Are you saying "the flow" is made by "dunces in confederacy"? :)

> eg Newton and Einstein were well respected in their time.

They may have been well respected just the same for what they got right as
for what they got wrong.

Gerhard



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