On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 07:49:16AM +0900, Ryan D. wrote:
Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something is freely
made available to the public, the users are disallowed from being
polite? I’m constantly frustrated by the fact that many users figure
a scathing comment in IRC or a mail to ruby-talk constitutes
“constructive criticism”.
Is there some kind of rule that states that everyone who takes note of
what I said has to blow it out of proportion, assign intent to it that
wasn’t present, and generally try to put words in my mouth?
Why do so many users never seem to bother to put in an ounce of
effort in looking at something for every pound of effort the author
puts into writing it in the first place?
It took me less than 60 seconds to download gruff, unpack it, and
notice that there is over 92K(!!) of tests. PLENTY of live testable
“documentation” right there. But instead of doing something like
that, your sense of entitlement made you think the above paragraph
was a good idea.
Lay off the caffeine. You’re assuming an awful lot.
…Made slightly redundant by Gregory’s replies, but I had to get it
off my chest…
You should have sat on it.
On Jul 16, 2007, at 17:05 , Chad P. wrote:
“documentation”.
Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something is freely
made available to the public, the users are disallowed from being
polite? I’m constantly frustrated by the fact that many users figure
a scathing comment in IRC or a mail to ruby-talk constitutes
“constructive criticism”.
Is there some kind of rule that states that everyone who takes note of
what I said has to blow it out of proportion, assign intent to it that
wasn’t present, and generally try to put words in my mouth?
The above is a direct quote of yours, so I didn’t put words in your
mouth. I found it snide and rude because it_is_snide so I didn’t
blow it out of proportion. At worst, I could be guilty of assigning
intent, except, it really was your intent to be snide, wasn’t it?
That seems plain as day to the rest of us.
snide |snīd| |snaɪd| |snʌɪd|
adjective
1 derogatory or mocking in an indirect way : “snide remarks about my
mother.”
• (of a person) devious and underhanded : “a snide divorce lawyer.”
snide
adjective
“at his final snide comment, she slapped him across the face”
disparaging, derogatory, deprecating, denigratory, insulting,
contemptuous; mocking, taunting, sneering, scornful, derisive,
sarcastic, spiteful, nasty, mean.
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 10:24:19AM +0900, Ryan D. wrote:
documentation? I’m constantly frustrated by the fact that many
Is there some kind of rule that states that everyone who takes note of
what I said has to blow it out of proportion, assign intent to it that
wasn’t present, and generally try to put words in my mouth?
The above is a direct quote of yours, so I didn’t put words in your
mouth. I found it snide and rude because it_is_snide so I didn’t
blow it out of proportion. At worst, I could be guilty of assigning
intent, except, it really was your intent to be snide, wasn’t it?
That seems plain as day to the rest of us.
See above, re: what you said about my words – which, by the way, do
not reflect my intent or the necessary interpretation of my words at
all.
snide |sn??d| |sna??d| |sn???d|
adjective
1 derogatory or mocking in an indirect way : “snide remarks about my
mother.”
??? (of a person) devious and underhanded : “a snide divorce lawyer.”
That was ironic.
On Jul 15, 2007, at 09:26 , Chad P. wrote:
Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something like
RDoc is
available, library developers are disallowed from producing good
documentation? I’m constantly frustrated by the fact that many
libraries
figure a skeleton map of available methods constitutes
“documentation”.
Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something is freely
made available to the public, the users are disallowed from being
polite? I’m constantly frustrated by the fact that many users figure
a scathing comment in IRC or a mail to ruby-talk constitutes
“constructive criticism”.
Why do so many users never seem to bother to put in an ounce of
effort in looking at something for every pound of effort the author
puts into writing it in the first place?
It took me less than 60 seconds to download gruff, unpack it, and
notice that there is over 92K(!!) of tests. PLENTY of live testable
“documentation” right there. But instead of doing something like
that, your sense of entitlement made you think the above paragraph
was a good idea.
…Made slightly redundant by Gregory’s replies, but I had to get it
off my chest…
Chad P. wrote:
??? (of a person) devious and underhanded : “a snide divorce lawyer.”
That was ironic.
There are non-snide divorce lawyers?