At 20:05 2007-01-22, Thomas Hruska wrote: >Rick wrote: > > Thomas, > > > > Thank you for this reply. It show me this list *can* be productive. > > And your offer to supply the book is extremely generous. > ><grin> > >I'm this list's owner. It is kind of the "job description" to be >helpful/productive/etc. > > > > Victor has a lot of knowledge to share. I'm sure of that. But his > > frustration with those with less knowledge often shows as being > > sarcastic and demeaning. It is counter-productive here. > >He has his good days. Especially if you ask something advanced'ish. >Mostly he's just grumpy, especially around the C camp. Too many >beginners wanting to learn C so he yells at 'em to get 'em to switch to >C++. Yelling doesn't usually work.
Rule 1: Get the student's attention. and as a rule, I don't yell first. Some people seem to think that if you don't write a Ph.D. thesis on the WHY you're being rude. I don't have time to write lengthy explanations that are given in readily obtainable books. >(You've got to have one protagonist and one antagonist in every story or >it won't be much of a story, right?) > > > > I know there are a lot of posters looking for handouts here. I see it > > all the time and it frustrates me immensely. But I simply choose to > > ignore the posts and don't reply. Well, mostly. I think I've replied > > to a few out of frustration, myself. > >The group welcome message says something along the lines of "We don't >write your homework solutions for you. Do your own homework but we'll >help if you get stuck. Supply source code." And they don't bother >reading it. > > > > I want to learn from here. That is why I read the posts. > > Unfortunately, I can't help much as I'm learning C++ myself although > > it's my nature to help where I can. > > > > I'll read the book. > > > > Thank you. > > > > ~Rick > >You're welcome. > >-- >Thomas Hruska >CubicleSoft President >Ph: 517-803-4197 > >*NEW* VerifyMyPC 2.0 >Change tracking and management tool. >Reduce tech. support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes. > >Free for personal use, $10 otherwise. >http://www.CubicleSoft.com/VerifyMyPC/ > > > >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"
