From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4297 invoked by alias); 29 Jul 2010 19:40:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 4249 invoked by uid 22791); 29 Jul 2010 19:40:35 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-48-4.bstnma.east.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.48.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:29 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2471413C06C for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:40:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 21BAE2B352; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:40:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Constructive criticism Message-ID: <20100729194028.GB21055@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <20100728001415.GD4000@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C50E8DD.3010806@gmail.com> <20100729055532.GA18691@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C5198A6.6020903@gmail.com> <20100729145211.GA20303@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C51A4F4.3070608@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C51A4F4.3070608@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-q3/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:57:40PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >On 29/07/2010 15:52, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:05:10PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >>> On 29/07/2010 06:55, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 03:35:09AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >>>>> On 28/07/2010 01:14, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 07:55:14PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >>>>>>> Darn, dropped the punchline: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Your code is 100% bogus and should be taken out the back, >>>>>>>>> lined up against a wall, and machine-gunned. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Then the bleeding corpse should be hung, drawn and quartered. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Then burnt. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Then the smouldering rubble should be jumped up and down on. >>>>>>>> By a hippo >>>>>> Oh boy. That brought back memories. I guess I'm glad I'm not the >>>>>> object of the discussion though. >>>>> Clearly, I was too subtle in that reply. It doesn't seem that anyone in >>>>> that thread was distinguishing between criticising someone's code and >>>>> criticising the person themselves. Oh well, never mind. >>>> I'm certainly well aware of the distinction but it's not one that I've >>>> had much luck with myself. >>>> >>>>> Well, I'm too busy to care right now anyway, I've got a whole bunch of >>>>> parents that I have to go and tell that their babies are ugly! >>>> Wait! Dave! Stop! >>>> >>>> Oh boy. I'll bet it's too late. >>>> >>>> cgf >>> Actually, it all went rather well, considering. There was an awkward >>> silence for a moment, but then someone else spoke up and said that he'd >>> thought so too, but hadn't wanted to say anything for fear of hurting their >>> feelings. >>> >>> Then the guy from the QA dept. said that actually that might explain why the >>> baby had failed in some of their tests, and then the Marketing guy said that >>> they had had some negative consumer reaction to the baby in their polling, but >>> they hadn't highlighted it in their report because ... well, everyone already >>> hates Marketing anyway, and before you know it it turned out that pretty much >>> everyone had been thinking the same thing but nobody was saying it. Even the >>> parents were agreeing that they'd kind-of known it really, but didn't want to >>> admit it to themselves... >>> >>> ... It was all going fine until I told them to "Plan to throw one away, you >>> will anyhow". >> >> Hello Reddit users of 2015! We of the past salute you! >> >> cgf > > I must admit, "Man writes rude email on internet, five years ago" isn't >quite the cutting-edge up-to-the-minute reportage I had expected to find on >reddit... > > Anyway, can't stop. I'm off down the zoo to kick some penguins and see if I >can't get myself a front-page Slashdot headline next! Memo to the future: Dave Korn hates Linux! cgf