From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2006-09-16T05:27:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Metaruby, BFTS, Cardinal and Rubicon - State of play?

On 9/15/06, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I just read the comment you made on Pat Eyler's blog.
> > You do seem to be engaged in a personal vendetta.
> > That's a shame.
>
> It wouldn't be necessary if you made the changes that I recommended
> two years ago, so that people take what you've done a hell of a lot
> less seriously, or that you take it a lot more seriously and do some
> rigorous analysis and reject invalid submissions.
>
> As it stands, you refuse to do either. So, yes, I *will* bring up the
> fact that the shootout is a "silly place" every time anyone refers to
> it for serious matters. It's not worth looking at because you pimp it
> yet refuse to take responsibility for ensuring quality results.

Austin, I hear you.  I think many people on this list hear you too.  I
bet most of us agree with you.  But this is incredibly off topic, and
if you *must* go on about it, please do so somewhere more suitable.

I fear your message is slowly getting lost in the amount of noise you
create each time this comes up.