From: Bill Guindon Date: 2005-04-06T11:55:53+09:00 Subject: Re: fed up with this newsgroup On Apr 5, 2005 10:32 PM, Luke Graham wrote: > On Apr 6, 2005 12:18 PM, Bill Guindon wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2005 9:58 PM, Luke Graham wrote: > > > On Apr 5, 2005 8:18 PM, B. K. Oxley (binkley) wrote: > > > > Luke Graham wrote: > > > > > Could it be??? Shouldnt the flash have turned it to stone??? > > > > > > > > > > If you follow the link to his coach, you will notice he worked for S+M > > > > > Components... > > > > > nothin suss! ;) I think hed have to enjoy S&M to take Ilias on as a student. > > > > > > > > I'm new to ruby-talk. Why the pile-on for this fellow? I looked > > > > through some of the material linked, and his most recent posts since I > > > > joined, and he seems "mostly harmless" (in the words of Douglas Adams). > > > > > > > > I thought Ruby was the language for nice people. Why all the snippy > > > > remarks? > > > > > > Others have explained their points of view in this thread already, but > > > I want to give my position, seeing as I was the one being nasty. > > > > > > Ilias is a chronic time-waster. He may not be a troll in the true > > > sense of the word, but the effect is the same. The few posts Ive made > > > -about- him pale in comparison to the list traffic -to- > > > and -from- him, however it is true that threads like this one are part > > > of his success. The only way to win is to not play, and I dont believe > > > this list is ready to do that yet, so I dont see any harm in a couple > > > more mails. I know thats an illogical view, and that every post I make > > > adds victory points to his score, but Im only human and dont always > > > make sense. > > > > > > For me, the biggest effect he has is to cause a sense of wonder that > > > bright people like JEG2 would waste even a minute of their lives > > > responding to him, once they realised what he was. After a few minutes > > > of research, its obvious that even his more interesting questions act > > > as lures to keep the threads going until "closed". I saw a post where > > > he mentioned something about someone acting as a "cyber-doctor", so I > > > guess hes been remotely analysed many times, but I think in the end > > > hes probably just lonely and confused. It doesnt make him any less > > > irritating. > > > > > > -- > > > spooq > > > > > > > > > > I admire JEG2 for politely replying (when it makes sense), and wish I > > could be that generous myself. The thread has brought up some good > > points. > > > > back to Ilias mode... > > > > This thread was closed many posts back. You must not continue to post to it! > > Its ok, I asked the people who run the internet to reopen it. > > -- > spooq > > You must supply email addresses. I will discuss this with them. -- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)