From: Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T22:55:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby love

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no worries :P
glad we could save that one!
I'm going to start teaching my gf to program this eve so hold your thumbs!

ivor

On 5/5/07, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/5/07, Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My apologies.
> >
> > The notion of my comment "Have you guys reaped any benefits? :p" being
> > seriously interpreted as a power-hungry "could I maybe unlock some
> hidden
> > power here" type phrase had not even occurred to me. I made a comment
> which
> > amongst my friends would have been interpreted as a cute retorical foray
> > into "stereotypical geek role-playing".
>
> Ivor, I didn't really interpret it that way, but closer to what you
> intended (i think).  I wasn't really just offended, I just thought it
> was a good place to point out the risks of interpretations of comments
> like that.
>
> So if I made it seem like I was singling you out, I didn't intend to.
> I was trying to make a general point and get some serious discussion
> from it.  Next time I should be less lazy and start a new thread.
>
>

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