Re: Help!!
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 11:48:26 +0200
Message-ID: <44a8e906$0$31640$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
news:1151595369.883380_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
> GuessWho wrote:
> > I agree. I haven't been on this newsgroup for some years, but
immediately
> > saw the familiar Sybrand Bakker replies, like he's been doing for years
now.
> > I suggest he creates his own comp.databases.oracle.SybrandBakker
group......
> >
> > Some questions are trivial, but if they are, the answers are too in most
> > cases.
> >
> > It's not only people in this newsgroup he's frustrating. It seems to be
a
> > hobby of his. For those who can read Dutch read this:
> >
> >> Onzin, er bestaan wel degelijk gemodereerde nieuwsgroepen. Dankzij het
> >> feit dat de meeste nederlandse niet gemodereerd zijn, kunnen eikels
> >> zoals jij hier nog altijd hun uitwerpselen in kwijt.
> >
> >> Sybrand Bakker
> >
> > Would he know that *comp* does mean *comp*uter, not *comp*lain ?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Laurenz Albe" <invite_at_spam.to.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:1148631356.514091_at_proxy.dienste.wien.at...
> >> Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_nospam.demon.nl> wrote:
> >>> On 25 May 2006 06:26:13 -0700, "Wallace">
<princevictor.moses_at_gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >> [an admittedly silly question]
> >>
> >>> Just like an ordinary parameter in an ordinary 3GL programming
> >>> language, as demonstrated in the PL/SQL reference manual.
> >>>
> >>> Does the IQ of developers dwindly that rapidly, or are you just an
> >>> exceptional case?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
> >> While I do not dispute that the original question was astoundingly
> > trivial,
> >> please think twice before you reply in such a rude manner.
> >>
> >> Remember, you do not have to reply to postings that you perceive as
> >> silly or irrelevant. Giving no answer is also an answer, and in a case
> >> like that maybe the best.
> >>
> >> The general tone on Usenet has already become so much more rude than it
> >> used to be, there's no need to add to that.
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >> Laurenz Albe
>
> Thank you for expressing your opinion. We will give it all of the
> consideration it is worth.
>
> That said ... perhaps you would remember that top posting is not
> appreciated.
>
> Yeah I haven't changed much either. ;-)
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> www.psoug.org
[Quoted] Point taken (top posting). It's weird though that top posting is the default in my news reader . . . Received on Mon Jul 03 2006 - 11:48:26 CEST