From: afv@uk.ac.cam.eng (Frans Volschenk)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: From Frans to Kauta
Date: 17 Nov 92 11:51:58 GMT
Reply-To: afv@uk.ac.cam.eng
Organization: cam.eng



In article ... (kauta) writes:


>In article <1992Nov16.171939.27271@eng.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>(For one, I find Kauta's search into the structure of semihereditary
>orders facinating.  What does it mean ? - for my friend on  624
>E. 3rd :-))

To which Kauta (||) replies:

|| You probably wouldn't understand anything even if it hit you in the face.

Sorry old chum.  Did not know that mathematics is that exclusive.  I am
sure my research into timestepping  non-linear finite element analysis
of electrical machines can be explained in basic terms to any
interested party.  Are you that closed up ? I apologise for trying.


|| I find your obsession with "fingering" people on the Internet an
|| idle, sick, and unseemly occupation.

Try : finger kautaj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu

Not (i) idle - takes less than a second  (ii) sick - I've reached you,
have I not ? If you call that sick, so be it.  (iii) unseemly occupoation
- no Sir, I  manage a cluster of workstations, and believe it, it is
not such an unseemly occupation.  Delete your .plan file or ask your
sys.admin to do something more serious to keep you isolated from the
academical world if some aspect of operating system offends you.

|| A legacy of your affiliations with the BOSS.

No, a legacy of my affiliations with Cambridge and Unix. My boss has
nothing what-so-ever to do with it. (Disclaimer: The boss, The
University, The Research Group are not in any way responsible for my
"fingering" or "pinging" on the net.  It is merely a legacy of my
affiliations to them.  No. Blaaaahhhhhh.)  Do you know how usefull it
is ?  See how late Paul Mweene stays up: (my right to "finger" is
guaranteed in the UK)

finger  pmmst8+@pitt.edu
	Login name: pmmst8           In real life: Paul M Mweene
	Directory: /afs/pitt.edu/usr18/pmmst8
	Address mail to: pmmst8+@pitt.edu
	Affiliation: Universal Student Computing [Provost]
	Account used on Tue Nov 17, 04:01 (1 hour 40 minutes ago).
	No Plan.

This man was up and working at 4 am in the morning. A true scholar.

****

Come on Sunny Person, are you for real ?  A man asks you a question
about maths and you end up talking about BOSS.  I'll try again:

Please pick any point of concern in Africa
------------------------------------------

 I assume you have many.  Then we can discuss it like adults are
supposed to do. Real stimulating debate. I for one wonder how the
levels of education and educational facilities in Africa can be
uplifted. (Note, not only non-white education has suffered in S.
Africa, but education as a whole through Africa.  While political
leaders are buying planes, MBenz, etc, their people are suffering their
expenditure that exceeds means)


I have to call in the opinion of Ik ( yellow hat man that I respect) :

 > Surprise some of us for once by ignoring the personal
 > attacks and address the issues that are raised...

!! We should get to some issues over here !!.


|| Sorry son, no time for ya! , Says Kauta

Sad, soooo very sad.  I have time for you even if we may have different
views.  Silly isn't it.  The great Kauta without time for other
people.  I am still hoping for a good chat with you about the real
issues. We may be closer than you think.  One of my buddies here
studied with Makala in Zambia, and informed me what a good thinker (&
Cartoonist) Makala is.  And there I was, thinking Makala had little
humour. WE should not shoot down an opportunity to make contact Kauta.
Shutting the door must be the very last thing to do.  If the two of us
can't even get a talk going, then I fear the worst for a devided South
Africa. I'll keep on trying, but if you are unwilling to engage in a
debate of some sort, please indicate it clearly on s.c.a.  I am sure
I'll not waste time on s.c.a.kauta.not.open.for.discussion.  But if you
are then I am sure we can enhance out mutual perceptions of problems in
Africa.


Yours truly,

	Frans 

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ps. And Kauta, how about forgetting obsessions? finger finger finger
finger finger finger finger finger finger finger I CANNNNNTTT STOP !

finger kautaj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
[silver.ucs.indiana.edu] 
Login name: kautaj                      In real life: kauta
Office: 624 E. 3rd , (812) 855-2670     Home phone: never call home!
Directory: /usr12/kautaj                Shell: /bin/csh
Last login Tue Nov 17 01:51 on ttyqb from dial1-6.ucs.indi
Project: To find the structure of semihereditary 
orders inside maximal Bezout orders in PI-algebras.
Plan:   What?? 

Sorry. Done it again.  You were up until nearly 2 am !

You can get me at

	finger afv@deirdre.eng.cam.ac.uk
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