From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c21af9a0f87d174a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Thornton Subject: Re: ROBERT DEWER, Chill out... Date: 1998/01/23 Message-ID: <34C88745.CEDE4773@avicom.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 318572883 Sender: Ada programming language Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <69jftk$b97@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net> <34c6562c.1661335@news.mersinet.co.uk> Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert, There's no doubt you're highly educated & intelligent in regards to the topics discussed on this newsgroups, but I second the motion that you're also quite rude. Robert Dewar wrote: > > < he considers this newsgroup to be his personal fiefdom and if someone > does something that gets in his way, his habit is to send them rude, > pompous e-mails (please note the plural). >> > > Just so people know, I have indeed been sending emails to people who have > almost certainly been cross-posting on the troll posts to CLA without > realizing it. 99% of the time I get a polite reply saying something > like "oops, sorry, I did not realize this was cross-posted", but I > guess Charles is in the 1% (he also did not realize he was cross-posting, > but takes the attitude that he is entitled to, which is of course true, > anyone can say anything). > > Actually I am quite surprised that so many people react positively to > such messages, and it definitely helps keep accidental noise down. You > can't tell people what do do, and you will always get some noisy minority > who wlil post no matter what, but it helps quite a bit if the reasonable > majority takes a little bit more care not to accidentally post. > > These cross-posted trolls come and go of course, but it sure seems like > CLA has been beset with them recently, and once again the noise-to-signal > ratio is getting a bit high. > > (I guess Charles is a bit frustrated, he threatened to complain to me > to my employers at Ada Core Technologies :-) :-) > > Well at least we get some signal, I am happy to finally get at least > ONE reply (from Stephe) on how to handle that interesting error message > > < appreciate unsolicited e-mails and will happily take the argument > further, he then sends another stream of personal insults, finishing > with an announcement that he has put you on his mailer rejection list.>> > > P.S. If anyone wants to know how to get on my mailer rejection list, it's > an easy algorithm (in fact I could probably automate it!) If I get a message > with obsenities or rude language, then you go on the list. It is not that > this offends me, it is just that I take this as a signal that the > probability of further intelligent discussion has dropped to zero :-) > > An entertaining thread title (should be DEWAR of course, but I don't > want to disturb those who want to use their thread following mailers > to follow this thread :-) -- .---. .----------- / \ __ / ------ / / \( )/ ----- ////// ' \/ ` --- //// / // : : --- // / / /` '-- // //..\\ ----UU----UU----- '//||\\` "Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills;- He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass."