Re: OT: Troll vs. Crank

Is this how you discuss RM theory an data management...

> His current content/insult ratio is somewhere near BB's.

mAsterdam wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>
> > ... has the conversation produced anything of value?
>
> Since
> http://groups.google.nl/group/comp.databases.theory/browse_frm/thread/54e82593b205a2a8/c8c8d924557fb5ee?lnk=st&q=OT+Usenet+quoting&rnum=3&hl=nl#c8c8d924557fb5ee
> his quoting and snipping style /did/ improve. There is still
> a road to go in that: quoting lots of text to add just
> one or two lines means he has to reread question 3 from
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands/nnq/nquote.html, but his posts are
> better readable than they were at first.
> Because of the bad layout and style I quit reading many
> of his early posts before I got to the end.
>
> Now they are easier to read.
>
> > Do you see any reason to believe
> > he will budge on anything?
>
> He did. A little.
> His current content/insult ratio is somewhere near BB's.
> > Are you going to learn anything from him?
>
> His current content/insult ratio is somewhere near BB's.
> For me to learn anything from him it should go up considerably.
>
> > Oh, and he also wins hypocrisy points for insulting
> > people for insulting people.
> >
> > Do Not Feed the Crank.
> >
> > * http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.theory/about
Received on Sat Jun 17 2006 - 22:37:31 CEST