Re: [tlug] [C&C alert] Really, you should let sleeping dogs lie ...

[Jim Schweizer <jimschweizer@example.com>]

If you'd all be so kind as to allow me to burn a little bandwidth.

(happily waving to the old-timers, nodding gravely to the newer members)

Always assume goodwill. That's one of the fondest memories I have of
the TLUG days in the late 1990s. I still cringe when I come across
some of my earliest questions in the TLUG archives - it constantly
remindes me to be kind to my students. Everyone has to learn
everything for the first time.

Anyway, 'hello' to my heroes and friends ;-)

Jim S.

I might be back in Japan at the end of the summer - that's why I
thought I check in...

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:37:04 -0400, Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:52:31AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> > >>>>> "Lyle" == Lyle Saxon <ronfaxon@example.com> writes:
> >
> >     Lyle> I think that SJT has his mail set to filter me out,
> >
> > Wrong in fact and in principle.  I filter addresses, not people.  It's
> > a reasonably good heuristic for adding enough delay to calm things
> > down, at least in the *nix world where most people seem to eventually
> > use a number of addresses for various reasons.
> >
> >     Lyle> That said, I often find the postings of SJT to be extremely
> >     Lyle> rude and offensive.  I dare say I'm not the only one.
> >
> > Given the standard set for courtesy in the rest of your post, I'm
> > certainly glad to be declared innocent of it.
> 
> 
> Y'know, it's funny to me--I'm relatively thin-skinned, which is why I
> think Josh and Jonathan let me play moderator with them--I'm the
> sensitive one.
> 
> I can understand why people get upset when they are the victims of what
> they consider an unreasonable attack. However, if I see a battle between
> Stephen and Boti I just think when lions fight, jackels hide.  :)
> 
> I didn't really follow the thread closely, but I think that both were
> relatively restrained.  Additionally, it's always bad to step into a
> disagreement--for instance, Josh and I twit each other on this list, and
> someone who didn't know our history might take a side, which would amuse
> us both.  Or, someone might have taken Stephen's public posting that he
> was plonking my posts seriously, and take a side, wasting bandwidth, as
> we've probably been doing on this thread.
> 
> That said, I think that Josh's response was a good one.  Newcomers are
> welcomed here, they're expected to research to the best of their
> abilities, and then post their question.   As Josh said, if you didn't
> get an answer, it wasn't because it was a bad or low-level question it
> was probably simply because no one who knew the answer had time to help.
> 
> Like Rena, you are hanging on and trying to learn.  That is a Good
> Thing(TM).  You are, AFAICT, making an effort to phrase your questions
> properly, but you still have to develop a thicker sink---err, skin, I'm
> leaving that mistype in because it amuses me.
> 
> There may yet come a time when you post your stories of flames to newer
> newcomers, telling them to suck it up and learn from it, just as I tell
> my Jonathan story.  Hrrm, Burned by Byrne.  [1]
> 
> BTW, let me publicly thank Josh here for fixing this stupid cheap
> halogen lamp while he visited us.  (Not to mention the doorknob.  If he
> can't get work as a programmer, hire him as a handyman--might make more
> money too.)  :)
> 
> [1] Sigh, that joke will probably get me into more killfiles.
> 
> --
> 
> Scott
> 
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> Xander: Isn't that what they called The Slayer?
> Willow: Buffy, ohh scary.
> Xander: Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking
> fear in nobody's hearts.
> 
> 
> 


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