Bricklen wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>
>> billiauk_at_yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>>> Or did you just reply because you saw the opportunity to bash
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> someone?
>>>
>>> Of course not. I stopped visiting usenet because it grew incredibly
>>> tiresome for me to see the vast swathes of rude, arrogant and flaming
>>> responses by a select few. So having come back to give it another go, I
>>> see accusations of homework questions and RTFM style answers by the
>>> same select few on almost all of the first 10 threads I read. So I was
>>> annoyed that's all and felt sorry for the guy who asked the question.
>>>
>>> And if you'd already dismissed the question, why on earth are you still
>>> following the thread ? Especially when there's all those juicy threads
>>> in the server forum to answer...
>>
>>
>>
>> Because Howard must always have the last and be RIGHT word I expect.
>>
> <snip>
> Wasn't he referring to Sybrand, not Howard?
Not according to my memory which, I will sadly acknowledge, is
sometimes faulty. It has certainly been my experience that Sybrand will
say something and be done with it whereas Howard will continue to post
when no point remains to be made other than having the last word. It is
sadly one reason why I now routinely stop responding to what he writes:
Once it degenerates into a testosterone contest I lose interest.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)
Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 18:02:07 CST
