From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2005-04-05T23:35:30+09:00
Subject: Re: fed up with this newsgroup

On Apr 5, 2005 10:27 AM, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> 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.
> 

I no longer have time for this off-topic discusstion.  I'm closing this thread.

-- 
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)