sigh I did... :( Now, thanks to the over-the-top "nobody's going to think that" comment, we get to have an argument over whether I'm stupid instead of looking at similar situations (such as the many people who do that to my brand, and the real confusion I can demonstrate among both my user base and the people I network with, many of whom are not so technical as you, I, or even my users), the problems with accepting that specific excuse at face value (as I have found it equally used by people running real money-related scams in addition to people with good intentions), the potential for damage to the brand for the people we admire who built it (Kernighan is still alive, and it seems pretty evident that he is paying homage to this with the cover of his new book, D is for Digital), or any of the interesting moral questions behind the sentiment (for a humorous example of where this can go, see the episode "I'm Not That Guy" of How I Met Your Mother).
Uh, what? I don't think you're stupid.
I am not certain how to reconcile this comment of yours with your earlier flat dismissal.
'Stupid' and 'ignorant' or 'naïve' are not the same thing.
Uh... what? I don't think he's ignorant or naive. Jiminy. You can disagree with an idea casually around here, right?
no we are very serious business
Here, try this: he both thinks that you are not stupid and that "nobody" would confuse who wrote the book (evidently, the second thought was shown to be factually incorrect).
Not so hard--I, however, think you're being silly.
I thought it was clever too, but the paranoid side of me thinks if this is to go ahead, Prentice Hall may not like it.
Maybe nobody is going to think of his involvement, but they may think that the K&R folks are endorsing this...