[ExI] abandoning hope

[John]

spike, your comments made me think of the piers anthony series, "incarnations of immortality" or the classic novels of the masterful terry prachett.  I sure hate sending posts (like this one) by non-blackberry cell phone! Lol  john grigg

Spike wrote: 
>> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
>> Subject: [ExI] abandoning hope
>> 
>> 
>> > >Abandon hope all ye who enter here
>> >
>> >No, damn it!
>> >
>> >"Abandon ALL hope, ye who enter here."
>> >
>> >Actually, it is "*any* hope".
>> >
>> >Stefano Vaj
>> 
>> That's not really the point, which is that in popular
>> English-language [mis]usage ...which weakens the absolute terror ...
>> Damien Broderick
> Ja, there was meaning lost in translation.  Dante was urging hell-goers to
> abandon irrational exuberance.  The hell-bound newbies should concentrate
> their assets in precious metals, hedge funds and the more bearishly oriented
> derivatives.
> spike
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