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Anno Siegel
187 said:* removes himself from that list *
I had a bad day, I don't normally type that bad, /please/ don't
associate me with usenet holigans like that *shudders*
Eh... pinoccio? How's your nose?
Anno
Eh... pinoccio? How's your nose?
Anno
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Geoff Cox
Anno,
I appreciate the point you are making - but do keep calm! The text of
my message was sufficient to enable a comment which corrected my error
- why waste the other person's time with code if this is so?
It might be said that you reacted a little too quickly?! Personal
comments and anger really do not help.
Geoff
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A. Sinan Unur
Let's just clarify one point: You would not have been wasting my time had
you provided a working piece of code for me (or anyone else following the
thread). The fact that you did not do so is an insult.
If there is a situation where it is acceptable not to post code when
talking about code, I do not know of it.
My
was meant to be reminder to YOU that you ought to provide code.
In this case, you deserve it.
Sinan.
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Geoff Cox
Sinan,
You were kind enough to help me - so I must accept that I was wrong.
Please accept my apologies.
Geoff
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A. Sinan Unur
Thank you. But next time, please start by posting code. Make sure you have
fixed everything that
use strict;
use warnings;
tell you before posting the code.
Sinan.
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Anno Siegel
Geoff Cox said:
Ah. You got a good reply on a bad question, because someone else
compensated for your lack of effort. And that proves there was
nothing wrong with the question.
"Waste other peoples time with code", indeed. Yes, it takes effort
to prepare code that demonstrates your problem. A mere verbal
description is easier. The person who answers your question will
(almost always) need such code even before beginning to think
about a solution in earnest. So it's either you write that code,
or we have to do it. What, do you suppose, is the preferred
arrangement?
Exploiting a newsgroup by minimizing your own effort so that you
still get useful replies is not a good long-term strategy.
Anno
No. You have been around for a while.
Anno
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Geoff Cox
Sinan,
on reflection ...
I have offered you my apology which I stand by and will certainly
provide code when asking a code question in any future postings, but
I do think you are wrong to use the term insult. The first definition
I came across gives
insult - a deliberately offensive act.
Let me asure you that I was not doing this. Apparently I made a
mistake, certainly you thought so, but I thought my problem was
sufficiently elementary that the code was not needed.
It was not my intention to insult you. Perhaps you might withdraw that
comment?
Cheers
Geoff
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Geoff Cox
Sinan,
My "on reflection" posting passed your comment re "insult". Thank you
for this message - please do also accept that I had no intention
whatever of insulting you.
Let's just say that I will not forget this exhange and will be more
careful in future!
Cheers
Geoff
T
Tad McClellan
Geoff Cox said:
What have folks that have observed your posts here seen?
You have been asked many times to follow the guidelines,
yet you come back again and again without following them.
It appears as a deliberately offensive act whether deliberate or not.
We can only go by what we see.
It sure looks that way from where I am sitting.
And then made it again.
And then made it again.
And then made it again.
People get annoyed when you ignore them.
I wouldn't if it was my comment.
If you dont' want to be seen as rude, then don't do rude things!
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187
Anno said:
A little runny lately (bad cold.) My name is Al though. Not knowing the
past deal is here (maybe I'll run a search over at Google's archives.
What ever it is, I want everyone to know my name was incorrectly placed
in Tad's little list (not sure if it was in jest or not.) any ways,
since I know I'm not a part of that, it doesn't matter much on my end,
so in the words of Paul Harvey, "Goooo'Day?!"
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187
Anno said:
A little runny lately (bad cold.) My name is Al [1] though. Not knowing
the
past deal is here (maybe I'll run a search over at Google's archives.
What ever it is, I want everyone to know my name was incorrectly placed
in Tad's little list (not sure if it was in jest or not.) any ways,
since I know I'm not a part of that, it doesn't matter much on my end,
so in the words of Paul Harvey, "Goooo'Day?!"
[1]
For those who don't like nicknames, my name is m!Al(?:fred)? Newmane)!;
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187
Anno said:
A little runny lately (bad cold.) My name is Al [1] though. Not knowing
the
past deal is here (maybe I'll run a search over at Google's archives.
What ever it is, I want everyone to know my name was incorrectly placed
in Tad's little list (not sure if it was in jest or not.) any ways,
since I know I'm not a part of that, it doesn't matter much on my end,
so in the words of Paul Harvey, "Goooo'Day?!"
[1]
For those who don't like nicknames, my name is m!Al(?:fred)? Newmane)!;
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187
Anno said:
A little runny lately (bad cold.) My name is Al [1] though. Not knowing
the
past deal is here (maybe I'll run a search over at Google's archives.
What ever it is, I want everyone to know my name was incorrectly placed
in Tad's little list (not sure if it was in jest or not.) any ways,
since I know I'm not a part of that, it doesn't matter much on my end,
so in the words of Paul Harvey, "Goooo'Day?!"
[1]
For those who don't like nicknames, my name is m!Al(?:fred)? Newmane)!;
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187
[It seems my reply as shown twice on my end for some reason, my
apologies if it propagates as such.]
apologies if it propagates as such.]
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187
187 said:
Ok I don't know if it's just showing this way on m, server or if it
propaged liek this, but I know see 3 of my post. My apologies for my
server's slip up.
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Geoff Cox
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:09:24 -0500, Tad McClellan
Tad,
OK - Although I did not intend to upset anyone - and all I can do is
hope that you to take my word for that - it is apparent that I did.
I do value the help that people have given me to date so I must take
note.
That I will do.
Geoff
Tad,
OK - Although I did not intend to upset anyone - and all I can do is
hope that you to take my word for that - it is apparent that I did.
I do value the help that people have given me to date so I must take
note.
That I will do.
Geoff
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krakle
Tad McClellan said:
uhh no.
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Alfred Z. Newmane
krakle said:
It too suprises me how someone as smart as Tad can make such mistakes as
this. (I'm formerly 187, my old nick name - my /only/ other usenet/forum
name.) If someone wants to cast doubt, then post some actual evidence -
which obviously doesn't exist, for hopefully obvious reaons.
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Alfred Z. Newmane
krakle said:
And apparently he atempted to tie($me) into his little @x_list of his
too. (Nothing really wrong with having a list, but it's always good to
check your facts before making such attacks in public.) Guess it comes
to show even the more knowledgeable among us are not incapable of
commiting rather embarassing errors($!) I don't think of him any less a
seasoned tech (he /is/ a wise person), but rather more human.