From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-04-05T23:27:46+09:00
Subject: Re: fed up with this newsgroup

On Apr 5, 2005, at 9:16 AM, Austin Ziegler wrote:

> While he is finally *really* starting to try to
> understand Ruby, he's still not doing the single thing that will
> help him understand Ruby most: writing a substantive program.

Very true.  I've been trying subtle hints in this direction with my 
recent replies to him, but he clearly isn't interested.

> For all that,
> though, he is asking interesting questions from which people can
> learn -- if he'd only bother to listen to the answers provided.

Well put.

In the beginning, his attitude turned me off to helping him 
immediately.  I just skimmed his threads for some time after that.

However, I agree with Austin that he has recently begun to ask 
interesting questions and seriously explore Ruby.  At that time, I 
decided to try providing a little help and guidance.  This is all 
happening in the public eye and we want to maintain our reputation for 
being wonderfully helpful, right?

That said, he has again frustrated me and I've stopped responding.  
Perhaps he truly is a lost cause.

James Edward Gray II