Trailing-edge compute farm seeks gainful employment

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Fri Jan 4 11:42:54 2002

He is reformatting his responses. And I hope is a wonderful person. He
probably is, but he wasn't expressing himself well at all. Besides, I
hardly think functional illiteracy is a trivial matter.

If he wants to use a style redolent of Cummings, fine, as long as he is
clear about things.

"i sing of olaf glad and big", which is about the only line I can remember
besides "my father walked through dooms of love."

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ian Koller wrote:

>
>
> > Further and more to the point, he has been agressively ignorant,
> > and arrogant about it.
>
> He was under "attack" and being ganged up on. And it was
> even getting personal. I think there would be more than one
> that would adopt a defensive posture under such circumstances.
>
> This list seemed to display a "mob psychology" response, where
> individually, many who might have tried to helpfully suggest he
> better compose his messages into a more proper form, collectively
> as a "mob", many were ready to pick up and cast another stone.
> I don't think I really saw anyone try to suggest "nicely"
> that he better format his messages.
>
> And, while I can't say that I know for sure, he might be
> one of the nicest people you ever met. Perhaps someday he
> might do you that special favor and pickup a piece of hardware
> for you, or look something up in a manual that only he has,
> or whatever, if you haven't alienated him over a fairly
> trivial issue.
>
>
>
> "Merle K. Peirce" wrote:
> >
> > Not quite, we are still waiting for his story, if he has one.
> >
> > Further and more to the point, he has been agressively ignorant, and
> > arrogant about it.
> >
> > We're keen to be understanding and supportive when he's ready for it. At
> > the moment, it looks very much like he's not.
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ian Koller wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > You all are terrible. It seems like he really made
> > > everyone's day by providing something new to bitch
> > > about. Personally, I understood what he had written
> > > with no undue level of extra effort required.
> > >
> > > I'm not a religious person, but have always remembered
> > > ( though not word for word ) a couple of quotes.
> > >
> > > Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?
> > >
> > > Judge not, lest ye be judged ( or something like that )?
> > >
> > > Everyone in this world may not have had the level of
> > > opportunity ( in education, employment, etc. ) that
> > > many of you have had. Before coming down on him so hard,
> > > I would at least be willing to consider "his story"?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gene Buckle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > ^
> > > > > I
> > > > >
> > > > > > joee
> > > > > ^
> > > > > J
> > > > >
> > > > > > P.S i hope the grammer helps you understand this.
> > > > > ^ ^^^^^^^
> > > > >
> > > > > I grammar
> > > > >
> > > > > Overall grade: D+
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > You forgot the full grade reduction as a penalty for being a patron of
> > > > AOL. F+.
> > > >
> > > > g.
> > >
> >
> > M. K. Peirce
> >
> > Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> > Shady Lea, Rhode Island
> >
> > "Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
> >
> > - Ovid
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
              
              - Ovid
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 11:42:54 GMT