13 Aug
2005
13 Aug
'05
6:24 p.m.
On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 12:32 -0400, ross(a)jose.lug.udel.edu wrote:
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:22:58PM -0400, David L.
Craig wrote:
Ha! 8^) Thanks for the clarification. That really is pretty funny.
You had me scratching my head for a minute there. I couldn't imagine
anyone seriously posting a message to a list whose entire subject matter
is based on DSP (mathematics) with that quote in their sig file. 8^)
And sorry for the out-of-topic post (I should have at least changed the
subject) but I just couldn't let it pass. 8^)
Mike
Mike Jewell
One-Up Audio
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:44:37PM -0700, Mike
Jewell wrote:
Actually, I'm a mathematician ::-)
And some translators of St. Augustine prefer to use the word
"soothsayer" to translate that passage. But I get a kick out of this
way!
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 19:21 -0400,
ross(a)jose.lug.udel.edu wrote:
It's a quote that shows how even a man as spiritual as St. Augustine
can have blind spots that arise from ignorance. Ditto Martin Luther's
attitude toward the Jews, not to mention the Crusades, etc. Only God
Himself has the pure perspective on everything and we should be slow
to burn anyone at the stake. "The good Christian should beware of
mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the
mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the
spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell."
Huh???!!!