"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can a grant for creating a sign language database > with Norm Badler as one of the co-investigators possibly > be "lies and unethical conduct"? Databases such as that > are tremendously valuable resources for projects such as > HumanML. > > Seriously, Paul, your statements in which individuals are > named and accused are not simply close to the legal definition of > slander; they ARE slanderous and you are opening yourself > up to potentially catastrophic personal problems with such > statements. For your own sake, more restraint. >
The "infraction" Mr. Flavin was enraged by was my post here: http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0135.html in which I said: --------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, I just wanted to echo Justin's comments here... See the attached from the Java3D mailing list... -Matt --------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Flavin was apparently aggravated by one piece of vulgar slang, which Justin Couch used in place of Mr. Flavin's name... That one subsituion has led to 7 months of tirade and character assassination by Mr. Flavin... The important points of Justin Couch's message, which I wanted to relate to the H-Anim community back in June were that Mr. Flavin doesn't participate in the process or contribute to any of the groups who he continually spams posts to... Additionally, my opinion is that his posts are in fact the worst kind of advertisement for those communities because outsiders associate his views with the groups he claims to be supporting... After Mr. Flavin's initial protests, Dr. Badler responded with this message: http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0153.html Additionally, I responded with this apology: http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0154.html Finally, last week, Dr. Badler asked Mr. Flavin what he wants: http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0296.html However, Mr. Flavin has yet to respond to this query... The Humanoid Animation Working Group of the Web3D Consortium was founded by Bernie Roehl, Cindy Reed-Ballreich, Kirk Parsons, and Stephen Crampton in 1997... I am absolutely certain that these founders would agree that the H-Anim Specification would not exist if it weren't for Dr. Badler's 20 years of human simulation research with JACK (on which the H-Anim Specification is based) and the countless hours of VOLUNTARY work which I have put in to further the progress of the H-Anim Specification... At this point, I am not sure what would appease Mr. Flavin, but I am sorry all of you have been bothered by his unrelenting messages... -Matt Beitler Researcher Staff Member, Center for Human Modeling and Simulation Director, Web3D Consortium Board Papers Chair, Web3D 2002 Symposium Director, H-Anim Executive Committee -- Matthew T. Beitler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~beitler Center for Human Modeling and Simulation University of Pennsylvania -- =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
