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- From: dpm@access2.digex.net (David P. Murphy)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: What the heck is ...?
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 18:32:40 -0500
- Organization: Phase of the Moon Software Inc. Alexandria, VA
- Message-ID: <dpm.825377426@access2>
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- mdp@mika-sys.com (Michael D. Perry) writes:
-
- >Peter;
- >
- >Thank you for your comments.
-
- plus two points for politeness. plus twenty points for a very humorous
- and entertaining explanation in his original reply.
-
- (this is the last time that mister perry will possess a positive score).
-
- minus fifty points because the original reply was not a joke after all.
-
- >1. I have no idea a comp.lang.moderated newsgroup existed,
- >if I did I would certainly be reading it. Perhaps you mis-posted
- >your answer to this gentleman's question there?
-
- minus three points for not cut&pasting the name of the newsgroup,
- resulting in a nonexistant name. minus two points for posting
- authoritatively while remaining unable to detect the c.l.c.m newsgroup.
- minus one point for implying that peter's response was improper.
- minus ten points for attempting to disguise said implication as politeness.
-
- >2. I am new to 'C' but have experience with numerous other
- >programming languages and all the manuals/book that I have read
- >use ellipses in the manner that I put forth above.
-
- minus six points for reading "manuals" but only one "book".
- minus ten points for using the phrase "I am new to ___ but"
- in a non-alt. newsgroup. minus one hundred points for interpreting
- text for code in a manual.
-
- >I understand
- >the concept in the manner that I put forth and have no problem
- >interpreting an author's use of ellipses as applied to
- >programming, I do not, however, always relate my limited
- >knowledge in a manner that is fully accurate for others to
- >interpret and obviously have no problem admitting that.
-
- minus three points for artless groveling. minus eleven points for using
- "I never claimed I was perfect" as an excuse for posting stupidity.
-
- >3. It is nice that you can so readily and with apparent
- >authority debunk someone else's answer to the gentleman's
- >question while at the same time attack the author to the response
- >(me in this case).
-
- minus eight points for employing sarcasm against a net.denizen
- such as peter seebach. minus four points for assuming your
- sentence is so convoluted that you need to restate the object.
-
- >4. I would point out however that your response which so
- >authoritatively negates my answer was lacking the correct answer
- >in its place.
-
- minus four points for complaining that peter is too dictatorial,
- since your original response had much the same attitude. minus four
- points for not having enough of a sense of humor to recognize peter's
- article for what it was. plus five points for not lowering yourself
- to profanities or deductions of peter's ancestry (i know, i know, but
- net.standards have gone downhill in the last few months, and the
- grading scale had to be adjusted accordingly).
-
- >Are you too far above the rest of us peons to
- >answer such a lowly question as this? This is a shame as I, as
- >well as others, might have learned something from your thorough
- >and complete wisdom and knowledge on this subject had you
- >corrected my 'hapless blunder.'
-
- minus fifteen points for not looking in K&R2 or any other ANSI C book,
- even after peter's post should have warned you to doublecheck your assumptions.
- minus five points for not reading the other responses in the thread.
- plus one point for correctly stating that you "might" learn something.
-
- minus zero points for whining about someone else's flaming when you in fact
- are in the wrong --- damaging your net.reputation is its own reward.
-
- >Michael D. Perry | FIRST RULE OF INTELLIGENT TINKERING:
- >MIKA Systems | Save all the parts.
- >Glen Ellyn, Illinois | SATTINGER'S LAW:
- >mdp@mika-sys.com | It works better if you plug it in.
-
- minus one point for your inability to align your pipes.
-
- ===
-
- your score is negative two hundred and nine. thanks for playing!
-
- ok
- dpm
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