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Hello Raganwald, I am confused by your responding. On your blog you identify the article as being written by a guest blogger named Nickieben Bourbaki. But now y
by bugsy 16y ago
Hello Raganwald, I am confused by your responding. On your blog you identify the article as being written by a guest blogger named Nickieben Bourbaki. But now you are here speaking, saying "accusing me", as if you authored the article and not Nickieben Bourbaki. Did you write the article? Did Nickieben Bourbaki? Are you Nickieben Bourbaki? My concern about the credibility of the article given that it lists 3 seminal works including one just released was towards this mysterious author, Nickieben Bourbaki. But then here is a response from you in which you refer to the author as "me", that is to say, yourself, and not Bourbaki.
Your statement of defense "The relationship between the speaker and the statement has no bearing on the truth of the statement." does imply as I suspected that there is a relationship between the author of the blog article and someone involved with the just released book he is recommending as an instant classic. What is the nature of this relationship?
- Luyt 16y agoBourbaki is a well-known pseudonym (at least in mathematical circles). See 'Nicolas Bourbaki', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbaki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbaki . "Nickieben" could be some altered form of "Nicolas", not sure about that...
- pygy_ 16y agoAccording to the link at the top of the post[1], Niekieben appears to be The CS counterpart of the mathematical Nicholas. It has been created by Richard P. Gabriel, to publish articles created with his team at Lucid. Gabriel wrote the Worse is better[2] essay, and entertained afterwards a self dialog through several published papers, signing the rebuttals "N. Bourbaki". Apparently, Reg used the discussion on his previous essay[3] as the basis of this one, hence the pseudonym. ___ Reginald: I would also like to know if you or a friend of yours have financial interest in the third book you recommend. I don't question the quality of the book. The Amazon commenters state that its insights are based on empirical evidence, and the topics covered are definitely relevant. You've been using your blog as a revenue stream through Amazon affiliate links ever since I discovered it, and I'm glad you do. I don't understand why you don't disclose whether or not you know one of the many authors. ___ 1. http://www.dreamsongs.com/Nickieben.html http://www.dreamsongs.com/Nickieben.html 2. http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html 3. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2034784 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2034784
- bugsy 16y agoOK thanks, so it seems the article was actually written by RB.
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