6 Feb
2008
6 Feb
'08
1:33 p.m.
Der Mouse wrote, in response to the spat between me and Dan Gahlinger,
And, both of you, I don't care who you are and
when you were working
with what; the kind of remarks you've been throwing at one another are,
in my opinion, way over the top.
When somebody comes here posting way over the top crap, what are
we supposed to do?
The "egging him on" of trying to take his words and correct them so that
they could've been true, thus giving him some credence, is
IMHO is a far worse disservice to computing history. I tried to give
him the benefit of the doubt and he told me I was wrong. I think
that paying him any attention at all was a mistake for all of us -
every iteration he's making up more crap.
Tim.
6 Feb
6 Feb
2:29 p.m.
And, both of
you, I don't care who you are and when you were working
with what; the kind of remarks you've been throwing at one another
are, in my opinion, way over the top.
When somebody comes here posting way over
the top crap, what are we
supposed to do? 
3:28 p.m.
der Mouse wrote:
Not "respond in kind", that's for sure.
My own recommended list of actions, in order, approximately:
- Ignore. (This includes responding to the factual contact as factual
content and ignoring the emotional tone.)
- Call the poster on it. (Politely - this doesn't mean "retaliation".)
- Write to Jay.
- Mechanically ignore (killfile, procmail to /dev/null, etc).
The last is what I usually recommend, and it's what I've implemented in
this case.
Peace... Sridhar
And, both of you, I don't care who you are and
when you were working
with what; the kind of remarks you've been throwing at one another
are, in my opinion, way over the top.
When somebody comes here posting way over
the top crap, what are we
supposed to do?
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