Nah, this explains gnomes history: Boy the way Glenn Miller played Songs that made the hit parade Guys like us we had it made Those were the days
Indeed. But it seems that he has since taken cover in his bunker and makes his all-too-frequent appearances using his current handle, which, of course, should have been Meathead.
Regardless, I think ET has perpetrated a grave injustice. Arthur Deco is an inspired user name and one that I wish I had thought of myself. And then there is the matter of the soothing and therapeutic value of his posts. This madness must stop! I demand that the good doctor be risen from the ashes of the damned, and that his good (user) name be restored at once.
I will pass your compliment on to him. But I think that he will say "Pah! Albert Cibiades is far more subtle!"
Several reasons. First off it pays the successful, way, way more than the average. I like that, I was hugely successful in a lot of ways in my technical career in the corporate environment but my pay was barely above average. Secondly it's a sort of a math problem, I like math problems, I'm good at math problems... and it's an interesting math problem to boot. What area will the solution be found in? Calculus, Fractal math, Geometry? It's a lot of territory to explore and it's exciting because unlike a Sudoku Puzzle it has a big monetary payoff to those that find a solution.... Thirdly, there are so many people around that say it cannot be done. I'm enjoying kicking back and giving them the big upraised middle digit salute... I'm a thug with a high math IQ, I like to tell them to shove their thinking so far up sideways that it blurs their vision...
Well spoke! For three decades I applied my not inconsiderable math skills to the problem without success. Then I went back to simple arithmetic. That worked.