Newsgroups: sci.astro,alt.religion.kibology
From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
Subject: Re: WHAT ARE EIGENVALUES really?

Alexander Abian <abian@iastate.edu> wrote:

> In other words  an eigenvector of a square matrix  is a vector
> which is loved and caressed by M, and not molested or
> mutilated by M.  (I have to be short, since at the moment I
> don't have much time)

I could say something stupid like "Don't be ashamed to be short.
Some people just as sane as you are, like Napoleon, were short.
And it's okay if you don't have much time because that's because
you have inertia" but what would be the point of me posting mere
stupidity when Dr. Abian posts his priceless pearls of
pseudoscience?

> VENUS MUST BE GIVEN A NEAR EARTH-LIKE ORBIT TO BECOME A BORN
> AGAIN EARTH

ABIAN MUST BE GIVEN A NEAR-FATAL HELIUM ENEMA TO BECOME A BIG
PARADE FLOAT

                                                         -- K.