On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Leslie Bester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Otherwise, I would really appreciate anyone who can provide me with relevant
> information (minus the flames, and non-answer yielding responses) (Send
> those off-list)
oh, and that's another thing these days... those who give you an answer
that doen't even address your question -- then treat you as if you owe
them something for their useless garbage.
Have you ever tried #perl on efnet?
My example goes something like:
If you were a student learning to drive... and you asked someone from
#perl (etc.) what the yellow light was for in the traffic light -- you'd
get a first answer -- "red is for stop, green is for go" ... if you then
press the issue and state that you really just want to know about the
"yellow" ... light.... you'll be told that "no one here uses yellow" (or
similar ala "you're stupid if you use yellow" etc) or the instructor
would tell you that you're too stupid of a student and refuse to teach
you or even be in the same car as you.
The favorite is always:
Q: I would like to do "XYZ"
A: WHY do you want to do "XYZ"
Who cares why? STOP trying to think for me, ok? If I want to do XYZ, I
want to do XYZ. I don't care if you group-think and are simply a number
in society -- some people don't care to be that way.
Scott
