On 2008-07-22, szr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > J?rgen Exner wrote: >> Chris Rathman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I can't say that I see any particular point to the essay. >> >> You must be new here. There never is any particular point to >> Xah Lee's rantings except to cross-post borderline topics to >> borderline relevant NGs and then lay back and enjoy the >> ensuing slaughter. > > Admittedly, I'm not all too familiar with his postings, but on > a general note, isn't it possible that someone else might not > see it the same as you do? I really didn't see anything really > sinister about the posting or it's content.
That's the, uh, "beauty" of Xah Lee's posts. There's enough "there" there to suck people into what they think is going to be a conversation. But it's not really a conversation. He doesn't really read (or doesn't comprehend) responses to his posts and will just continue to ramble on in a somewhat insulting, half-rational stream of utterly opaque metaphors that he thinks makes him sound deeply philosphical. It has been theorized that he's an AI project. > It may very well be someone attempting to create a > conversation, someone who may not be generally well received a > lot of the time I gather. Quite a few people here in c.l.p put forth a a lot of effort (for Usenet, anyway) trying to have a reasonable exchange with xah lee, but it seems to be pointless. He's a perpetual critic who looks down his nose at everything and thinks he could do everything better than everybody else (not that he has actually ever _done_ anything, AFAICT). > Also, if have such a distaste for his postings, you are free > to ignore them as well. That said, I am all for alerting > someone of something which may be a complete waste of their > time, It's not a waste of your time if you find him entertaining, but I wouldn't expect any actual conversation where he reads and understands your replies and responds to them in a rational manner. > but in this case it feels like you are projecting your > own dislike for the OP. Unless the OP really is deserving of > such branding (in which case I'd stand corrected), I don't > think it is reason enough to tell others not to read of his > work just because you aren't particularly fond of it. > > Perhaps citing an actual example illustrating a reason to > avoid him like the plague would of helped :-) google groups should be able to find you plenty of examples both here and in perl groups. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I feel partially at hydrogenated! visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list