I get the picture

Post #16,926 by ben_tilly 11/6/01 4:00:29 PM Reply	I get the picture You are good (examples above and elsewhere) at snide remarks. But you are rather weak when it comes to providing real content, digesting material, or coming up with a real opinion. In short you are acting like a typical troll, who confuses being snide with being profound. You are admittedly rather more competent at trolling than your average wannabe, but that doesn't improve the lack of content. I would appreciate it if you either stop trolling or amuse yourself elsewhere. I personally prefer people who discuss their opinions to people aiming for the greatest content-free come-backs ever seen. It matters more that you are willing and able to discuss why you believe what you believe than it does that I agree with you. (In fact I prefer people who disagree with me - I am more likely to learn something from them.) Cheers, Ben
Post #16,938 by addison 11/6/01 4:15:33 PM Reply	I didn't.. can you forward? :)
Post #16,946 by Another Scott 11/6/01 4:25:10 PM Reply	Ha!
Post #16,976 by ben_tilly 11/6/01 4:56:55 PM Reply	Well it is unsigned... But try [link\|http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame29.html\|here]... Cheers, Ben
Post #17,005 by Squidley 11/6/01 6:03:04 PM Reply	Re: I get the picture You are good (examples above and elsewhere) at snide remarks. Thanks, I think. But you are rather weak when it comes to providing real content, Alas, my content will probably never measure up to CRConrad's seminal "Who the fuck is this arsehole?" ([link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=16724\|link]). So be it; in the immortal words of Dirty Harry, "A girl's got to know her limitations." [paraphrased].
Post #17,033 by ben_tilly 11/6/01 6:56:35 PM Reply	You probably think you were flamed by Christian? That is just his style. For a random instance, take [link\|http://pub13.ezboard.com/fiwetheygeneralqa.showMessage?topicID=213.topic&index=2\|this piece of advice]. But while from his writing style you wouldn't know that English is his third language, get talking to him about Pascal, Finland, given where he works he probably knows Oracle pretty well by now, etc. If you look around, he contributes plenty of real content, though certainly not in every node. As for you, that was a compliment. I pointed out that you were good at something. Similarly, Christian is good at swearing. Both of those are talents that I would prefer you don't exercise, but they are talents. And I find that people who can develop one talent, generally can develop another if they bother. So if you want to actually contribute something constructive, welcome. Otherwise, please find some other group of people to bother. Cheers, Ben
Post #17,044 by kmself 11/6/01 7:43:31 PM Reply	Tagging suggestions You're coding HTML. Don't add the <p> and <br> tags. The forum software automatically adds breaks at each CR in your posted comment. I've complained about it to Scott ('admin') here, it hasn't changed yet. Another artifact is that various tags such as blockquote, ul, and ol, add copious amounts of whitespace. I also strongly encourage the use of a <blockquote type="cite"> tag rather than the /. style 'blockquote & italicize. Pixel alignment means that large blocks of italicized text are difficult to read online. By contrast, the bluelined (Mozilla, Netscape, and other browsers) quoted style of a blockquote block is quite easy to identify and remains clear to read . Note that I'm writing this set of text (beginning "I also strongly..." as one paragraph -- the breaks are all being inserted due to the tagging I employ. Peace. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`

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