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From: psycler@netcom.com (Psycler)
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
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Roger Tinkoff (rogt@engr.sgi.com) wrote:
: In article <ortD3E8IH.CG1@netcom.com>, ort@netcom.com (David Oertel) writes:
: dave> In article <psyclerD3E3Lw.B92@netcom.com>, Psycler

[...]
: >> Oh, so do you want him to just go homeless?

: dave> 	no.  maybe i'm in denial, but i refuse to believe that getting
: dave> mired in credit-card debt is his only alternative to homelessness.
: dave> maybe he simply needs to take a grubby sys admin or QA job until
: dave> he can find something that leverages his brains.  i dunno, he
: dave> seems to have dropped-out of the thread so now we'll never really
: dave> know the story.  perhaps he was chased-away by some of those
: dave> mindless 'you-whiner' flames.

: I can personally attest to the sheer *STUPIDITY* of this or any other
: kind of credit card juggling scheme.  No matter how you cut it, you are
: effectively living off of credit, and eventually you'll have to pay.

The choice here is between being homeless and paying one's bills
namely, the rent, with one's credit card and paying that off 
with another credit card. Sure it can be called stupid. But then
choosing to be homeless as a default is *MENTAL RETARDATION*.
-- 
          Psycler                                        
