On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:38:42 -0700, Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote: This whole thing started when Tony asked why you REd whatever machine it was, when he had already done so, and there is a lot of other equipment that needs reverse engineering. That set you off on a rant about mistakes Tony had made, how many machines you had REd etc etc. If you had just counted to 10 before replying, and instead asked Tony what he meant, the whole thing could have been kept to a civil level. Instead it all degenerated into some kind of pissing contest. You did actually come across as feeling threatened, not as being reasonable. You made yourself the aggrieved party by your knee-jerk reaction. Unless Tony writes one thing and means something completely different, if you read his responses, it does rather look as if you have misunderstood him and gone off the deep end. I'm sorry, but you started this fight yourself.