Help with installation
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Oct 7 05:46:47 UTC 2009
Then why in hell don't you plonk him again instead of blasting him for
his posts. If he talks like a Derek, acts like a Derek, he is a Derek
and never will change either. You don't take criticism or advice either because you know it all. Have it your way; you always do but expect some rebuttal along the way unless you want to plonk me also. I don't mind.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> From: Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: Help with installation
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 6:56 PM
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>
> > --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> > While Derek and others are way
> >> > too quick to jump on his case using degrading
> comments
> >> and not
> >> > appreciating the fact that if they would just
> correct
> >> any error(s) and not
> >> > criticize Karl the thread wouldn't go on and
> on
> >> OT.
> >>
> >> For heaven's sake. In the first place, this
> was the
> >> first time I bothered in ages.
> >
> > How do you define ages? I've seen you and others bash
> Karl every month on
> > the list.
>
> More than that. Karl has been in my kill file for
> months. A kontact crash
> last week deleted the whole kill file, putting him
> unfortunately back into
> my view.
>
> > My point is that, in case you missed it, is that you
> can and so
> > the others correct any errors in a nice way that
> doesn't offend. Not the
> > case in MHO.
>
> My point, in case you missed it, is that I tried that
> method. I tried it
> _many_ times. Karl refused any attempts at
> conciliation. So no more Mister
> Nice Guy.
>
> > I began by _very_ politely pointing out to him when
> >> he was wrong, and pointing out that his heart was
> in the
> >> right place,
> > I recall the comment but...
> >> but his knowledge level wasn't up to the
> task. He got
> >> abusive and refused to ever accept that he was
> wrong.
>
> > I don't think him being wrong was the issue with Karl
> > at this point, he was responding to the criticism
> with
> > like manner. And I do think you know that and so
> do
> > the others, IMNSHO.
>
> Then obviously you DON'T recall the comment. I tried
> to be very diplomatic.
> It failed. So now, when he forces himself to my
> attention, he gets flamed.
> Tough.
>
> > You are not right, IMO. No one who has
> established his
> > own business and sold it a a million dollars or more
> > would be classified as an idiot and I have no reason
> > to doubt him on this.
>
> I have no reason to believe it. If it walks like a
> duck, and quacks like a
> duck, it's highly likely to be a duck.
>
> > Anbd Karl has presented some good advice along with
> some not.
>
> I've never disagreed. I even try to rub his ego a bit
> when he gets it right
> - but he still routinely presents completely idiotic
> advice, and when
> confronted by someone who actually knows what they're
> talking about, will
> insult them and insist he's the expert. That needs to
> be countered.
>
> > You wont see him take
> > any offense to my comments and I don't think he would
> to you or
> > the others if not for the sarcasm, offensive and
> humiliating
>
> That's too naive to answer again
>
> > that matter. It just happened that I decided to
> reply to your
> > post, which you conveniently decided to snip your
> part,
>
> There is only one possible response to that sort of
> inanity, but I'm trying
> to be polite. I SNIP the text to which I'm not
> responding. That's
> politeness. If you have an issue, feel free to quote the
> text I missed, I
> certainly won't be offended. There is no
> "conveniently decided to snip".
>
> > I apologize if
> > you feel it was directed to you solely as it was not
> my intent.
>
> How can you POSSIBLY say that? You _named_ me.
> Not just that, while you
> claimed there were a group of us at fault, _I_ was the only
> one you named.
> Clearly it was your intent. And, no, I didn't snip
> that part...
> --
> derek
>
>
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