Notice the sweeping dismissal of the content, but without any basis offered
for that dismissal. This is then quickly followed by an ad hominem which
shows a pretty basic failure to understand the nature and history of open
participation on the net. (As if Tony has any real experience with
Internet decision processes; or, rather, with any that actually worked.)
Tony's followup email waffle belies the clear meaning of the "At a certain
level" sentence; claiming that his query was meant positively shows an
impressive degree of fluidity of meaning, right up there with "Through the
Looking Glass."
Yes, there is much psychological material to analyze, in this realm, but
I'd place one person's pursuit of a vendetta against two former employers
far ahead of trying to wonder why a particular computer technical analyst
chooses to get involved.
d/
At 09:25 PM 6/4/99 -0400, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>John's assertion is not very defensible. However,
>the more interesting question is why a "35 year old computer
>technical analyst residing in Chicago, Illinois, USA" with a
>US domain and a passion for counting down to the year 2000 on
>his web site, should care, much less make such pronouncements.
>At a certain level, it's interesting to put ourselves in the
>place of our psychologist friend in Sunnyvale and ask what
>motivates people.
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