Re: LOST DataBase Password

"Sean M" <smckeownNO_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net> wrote in message news:3CD1BB2E.38E9A6CC_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net...
> "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> >
> > You snipped out the rather larger paragraph that makes it abundantly
clear
> > that I'm not pleading innocence at all.
>
> Wait, what did I snip? Look below - I included every word of your
> original post, save the one sentence "Can't we just try and be helpful
> or silent?". I don't see how that one brief sentence is 1) a "rather
> larger paragraph" or 2) makes it abundantly clear that you're not
> pleading innocence.
>

No, you didn't snip anything. My apologies. The rather large paragraph is indeed included. It made it clear, I thought, I wasn't pleading innocence.

> > I've just seen this group degenerate over the past, oh, say four months,
> > into a never ending stream of smart-assed one liner comments from a
small
> > band of regular posters. And I don't think that's good for anyone.
> >
> > It didn't used to be like that (it's always had its moments, of course).
>
> As for the group degenerating in the last four months, I'm skeptical
> (e.g. your "don't be bloody stupid!" comment was posted in January of
> 2001).

Care to include what else I posted with that comment (which I presume was from January 2002, not 2001)? I can't say I didn't just shoot that one-liner and leave it at that, because I might have done. But I doubt it. I usually make a point of going on to the substantive matter.

>I think this group is what it is... mostly helpful, mostly
> beneficial, sometimes useless (or worse - just plain wrong), often
> cranky, and at times downright mean. But that's a pretty good
> description of most of Usenet. You get what you pay for.
>

Regards
HJR
> Regards,
> Sean
>
>
> > "Sean M" <smckeown_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:3CD17B5D.BA01C7F5_at_earthlink.net...
> > > "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > And that's a good thing?
> > > >
> > > > Honestly: I've spent the better part of my professional life trying
to
> > help
> > > > people. I can't say I've never passed the smart-assed comment to
prove
> > my
> > > > superiority, because I have. And I instantly regret it the second
the
> > SEND
> > > > button is clicked.
> > > >
> > > > But I think I have managed to avoid the complete put-down; the 'God,
you
> > > > must be stupid' comment; the 'I know so much I can't be bothered to
> > treat
> > > > you as someone in need' post.
> > >
> > > Does "Don't be bloody stupid!" count? I'd consider that a "complete
> > > put-down," on par with "God, you must be stupid," but maybe you see it
> > > differently.
> > >
> > > Yes, I know, I'm giving you a hard time. Your point is well taken,
and
> > > you've done far more good than harm here. I'd just be careful about
the
> > > extent to which you plead innocence.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sean
Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 17:28:44 CDT