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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 05:48:35 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

NOW I understand why people are turned off by this newsgroup..
I couldn't grasp it before....

There is NEVER a reason to treat someone LESS INTELLIGENT
THAN YOURSELF...

At least use a little __patience__ with the newcomers....

On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 23:54:35 -0500, Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
wrote:

>Rich wrote:
>> 
>> I hope everyone is NOT are incredibly rude as this person
>> is?  Imagine an attitude like HIS in the _real_ world...
>> it wouldn't him far (and probably hasn't).
>> 
>> Such an increbile show of impolitedness can be excused ONCE;
>> lets see about next time.
>
>With a Subject like "strftime BROKEN", his response is not unwarranted. 
>Do you realize what YOU did is pretty much equivalent to yelling at the
>top of your lung to the WHOLE WORLD: "This VCR is BROKEN, it flashes
>'12:00' all the time".
>
>And when someone pointed out "Maybe you should read the manual first!",
>you respond with "You are incredibly rude".
>
>Incidentally, some of the rudest people on the internet are incredibly
>polite in real life.  The internet simple provides them a rare chance at
>practicing some of the choice words that they don't usually say to real
>people.  Don't take any of this personally, especially if this is your
>first time.