Re: Views for demoralizing
From: Jonathan Leffler <jleffler_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:14:33 GMT
Message-ID: <ZNjPd.6476$mG6.6072_at_newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
>
> What is all this? Apparently the idea of posting to this group
> himself seems too dishonorable for Mr.Pascal. If anything is worth
> ridiculing in the DBMS_Plumber style, it's the way those folks
> communicate with the rest of the world.
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:14:33 GMT
Message-ID: <ZNjPd.6476$mG6.6072_at_newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
Mikito Harakiri wrote:
> "Jonathan Leffler" <jleffler_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>> This is an intriguing comment, so I lobbed it to Fabian Pascal, >> and he asked me to follow up for him...
>
> What is all this? Apparently the idea of posting to this group
> himself seems too dishonorable for Mr.Pascal. If anything is worth
> ridiculing in the DBMS_Plumber style, it's the way those folks
> communicate with the rest of the world.
Yeah - I wasn't desparately impressed by him not doing his own follow-up, but one-off and with a clear statement that I was merely echoing, I decided (for better or worse) to do it.
I've had a chat with Dawn (one message each way) following up, and this was something I touched on with her, too.
I assume the problem was in setting up a junkable email address.
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