Learning "sciolist" has made this thread completely worthwhile. Thanks Neil for writing it and Geoffrey for making me look it up! rwl On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:27 AM, Geoffrey Marnell wrote: > Neil, that comment is a stroke of genius. I trust that fellow austechies will > know (or look up) the meaning of sciolist (yes, it's a real word) and not > think that there are two spelling mistakes in your message. For there are, in > fact, no spelling mistakes at all. > > Like it. Like it very much. > > Cheers > > > Geoffrey Marnell > Principal Consultant > Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd > T: +61 3 9596 3456 > F: +61 3 9596 3625 > W: www.abelard.com.au > Skype: geoffrey.marnell > > > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Maloney > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:10 PM > To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: atw: Re: National Broadband Network issue > > As a sciolist, I have to support the Liberal's idea of a Notional Broadband > Network ... > > Neil. > > > On 18/08/2010 3:49 PM, Geoffrey Marnell wrote: >> >> >> You can call it socialism if you like, but I'm very happy paying taxes for >> initiatives that provide lasting value and aspire to something other than >> minimising costs.