I have known geniuses who were computer illiterate. On Dec 1, 2011 5:58 PM, "Eric Oyen" <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
> like any other population, we have our parrots, non-thinkers, OCD, > Bi-polar, > stupid or the otherwise normal. we also have more than a few extremely > intelligent people. > > one thing I have noticed (because I also suffer from it) is that more > intelligent you are, the worse your interpersonal skills tend to be. mow, I > happen to be fairly intelligent (somewhere north of the upper 130's) , but > I > am not so far above the normals that I can't understand them. I have known > people so intelligent that they have virtually no understanding of how > their > fellow human beings work (and I can understand that position as well). > > the point I am hoping to make is that we all have our quirks, behavioral > problems and skills (and that is fine by me). all that is needed is a > little > understanding and a very thick skin. > > -eric > > On Dec 1, 2011, at 12:28 AM, John Tate wrote: > > > I think I've found a bug in the OpenBSD crowd. They bug the hell out of > me > > and my little mistakes. > > > > I am not talking about people who actually have a solution, but I can't > > seem to ask anything on this list without parrots coming along picking on > > me. I think some people just hang out here because it's the most anal > bunch > > of hackers ever, in recorded history. What are your experiences? > > > > Is it true that occasionally we attract people who either love bullying > or > > are just lazy and pretending to be one of the clever? > > > > It just figures some of these people sit on the list, and email you > poorly > > researched crap with no answers contain. > > > > If you hate a question, it truly doesn't belong, bug me. > > > > But if you just can't answer a question, ignore it. > > > > John Tate. > > > > Note: Yes, it's not my list. > > > > -- > > www.johntate.org
