Ok folks, that's enough. Please take personal attacks, personality conflicts,
and things of such nature into personal email. This is no longer a useful
discussion for beginners, or anyone else. This thread is closed.
Cheers,
Kevin
> On 5 Jun 2001, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>
> > >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Ivy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Chuck> Randal, no offence meant, but I was under the impression that the
> > Chuck> purpose of this list was to answer questions, and not say tell new
> > Chuck> users to RTFM.
> >
> > Please point to where I've RTFM'ed someone here, except when the
> > question was specifically "where do I read about X?". In fact, for
> > that matter, let's also point out the (lack of) places I do that on
> > PerlMonks and comp.lang.perl.m*. So, what are you actually saying
> > here? Or are you confusing me with your image of "evil expert
> > answerers" which I have not earned?
> >
> > Chuck> I admit, I was disappointed to see you active in this forum,
> > Chuck> because your answers to beginner questions on PerlMonks are the
> > Chuck> type that this list was supposed to be avoiding.
> >
> > Again, are you confusing me with someone else? I know about once
> > every six weeks or so my life appears to me to have gone to hell, and
> > I spend about a day ranting until I get it burned off. Do those few
> > days every six weeks so overshadow the other days in the cycle that
> > you can't see the forest for the trees?
> >
> > Chuck> I respect that you know an awful lot about Perl. That's fine
> > Chuck> and good. This forum is for people who don't have your
> > Chuck> expertise, and sometimes when they're looking for an answer to
> > Chuck> a question -- they'd really like to hear an answer to their
> > Chuck> question and not "you don't want to do that -- read this web
> > Chuck> page."
> >
> > And in what way have I done that? Please point to specifics.
> >
> > There's a great node at PerlMonks, where someone who had carried a
> > grudge about the way I answer things actually went back and looked at
> > what he thought were my horrible answers and behaviors. And much to
> > his surprise, he was working off some old and inappropriate data, and
> > apologized for that. Now I'm not expecting the same from you, but is
> > it possible you are lumping *me* in with those people you hate to have
> > around as answerers? If so, can you please step back and rexamine
> > what you're saying?
> >
> > (See the thread beginning at
> > <http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=77019> for details.)
> >
> > I don't mind being properly shunned, but let's really look at the
> > facts here, and if the facts point out to deconstructive behavior,
> > then RUB MY NOSE in it... don't just handwave. I'm interested in
> > changing, and looking for feedback to do so. If you think I'm
> > answering something here inappropriately, HIT THE FRIGGIN REPLY BUTTON
> > on the message, and tell me why it strikes you wrong. I WILL LISTEN.
> >
> > And I bet you hit that REPLY button far less than your theory about me
> > says you should. :)
> >
> > --
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>
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