On 26 Apr, 2008, at 22:20, Andy Lester wrote:
Sounds like it's time to start a new history wiki page and go
forward from there.
You know, my toddler has more social skills than you as although
she thinks everything is hers, she can be placated with a snack
and/or a nap and, in fact, I told the person who forwarded the
message that I was mostly pissed that nobody had come forward
after all these years and that the only two people I'd say no
first to would be you and Shlomi only because you are both so
abrasive and so lacking in any tact that I wouldn't welcome the
offer with glee.
Not sure why you're pissed at me, other than reflex.
I'm stating the obvious and my opinion. Both of you are terrific at
stirring the shit and then letting it fall to the winds. I'd have a
lot more interest if either of you had anything but ideas because
someone who wasn't talking out their ass would have not only a lot
more interesting comments but would have both a lot more respect for
the document and a lot more reluctance towards the amount of work it
will require.
I'll even tell a story about such a thing. A long time ago, in a perl
land far, far away, there was a vague cloud of stuff known as CPAN
long before such things as search engines and it had an absolutely
terrible "FAQ". I asked the grumpy bastard who would one day become
my husband if I could update it and he told me to piss off. It made
me mad and I sent the grumpy bastard a real HTML FAQ with expanded
content that included such information as to how that dark pit
actually worked. I think my reward for the effort was being asked to
answer all the dumbass questions in email while he went on an 8 week
holiday. Point being is that unless you have some real work to show
or are so easily rebuffed then you really aren't worth the bother.
I just figure it would be easier all around to move forward with a
new document, or set of documents, rather than battle over the
existing one.
There is no battle. The document is mine. I spent most of a year
building it and, as I said, while I've been waiting for someone to
come and have some enthusiasm for it, you and Shlomi are not the kind
of folks I was hoping for as I want someone who will do something
instead of throwing onto some damn wiki and hoping someone else will
do the work for you.
e.
