Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.16.MISMATCH!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: mod calculation Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:12:46 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 22 Message-ID: <13166268.2562.1321805566295.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prou19> References: <72e972d6-cb28-4e1c-93fb-cc58ee56673e@p7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <3b9ac79rkqgf56o6reofh3k87tmqrqklqf@4ax.com> <19666641.1736.1321720452205.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prnv30> <28782772.3.1321747897159.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prms22> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1321807029 8098 127.0.0.1 (20 Nov 2011 16:37:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:37:09 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10101 On Sunday, November 20, 2011 12:45:10 AM UTC-8, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > Lew wrote: > > Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > >> Lew wrote: > >>> That is perhaps the most interesting and potentially useful off-topic post > >>> I've seen here, so much so that it became honorarily on topic. I'll draw > >>> another thread to the topic in that to be a programmer, Java or otherwise, > >>> is a human activity. Pyschological impediments reduce one's effectiveness > >>> as a Java programmer, > >> So far I agree. > >>> as in the OP's case. > >> But what reliable source do you have for that claim? > > None. None whatsoever. I should have said, "... as Roedy postulated for the OP's case." > > Even more accurate: "... as Roedy merely suggested a possible reason behind > OP's case." That's actually just exactly as accurate, since you simply substituted the definition of "postulated". -- Lew