ZCCBJSB%EB0UB011.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Josep Sau B.) (04/16/91)
Timo Salmi said David J Leitko (davidjl@eecs.ee.pdx.edu) said about his (Timo's) "obnoxious mails": >> ... >> I am surprised when I don't see you respond to a novice question >> with some condescending remark. >> Why don't you try to give these guys a little respect? Well, up to now I've never felt any lack of respect in Timo's interventions, and I must thank him for more than one hint, be it by reference or by value, for my works/divertimentos. >> Remember, you were a novice once. I fears of the day I won't feel a novice anymore, that day I will be too old to program, too young to die... (paraphrasing Jethro...). >> And to distribute mis-information simply adds injury to insult. Entropia it's an inherent tendency of this universe, we can't stop it, just try to delay thermic death... >> I've also seen you put more effort into finding one of >> your programs that demonstrates how to do something so >> they can "ftp it from garbo" than it would have taken >> to type in the whole three line program... Whoever may be free of guilty, he/she may throw the first rock... During eight years juggling with these machines, I've never met a true good programmer that does not like to promote his/her works (thought true bad programmers do too). >>... >> Thank you. That's okey. No harm, all this is just mockery... And Timo replies: >... >I think that it is more productive in the long run to > help people to know how to easily find answers to their > questions rather than simply feed all the answers. I must admit that was really annoying in the beginning, but now it's okey to know where to begin to search. >... >and refrain more from public posting, >if my postings are considered this offensive. You'll do as you think it's right, but every morning it is gratifying to receive some intelligent mails, be them from anywhere. --Josep Sau <ZCCBJSB@EB0UB011> '...and he amazed with the marvels that are in the world, and he asked about things he did not understand, and he taught about things he knew.' Raimundus Lulius - _Llibre_de_Meravelles_