I also like Uriel's madness. His rants are always exaggerated, and as said Anselm you don't have to take them too seriously. He's just a cute troll (and you know the saying). "Uriel, the suckless Tough Guy, filled with anger and liquid shit"
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Donald Allen<donaldcal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Anselm R Garbe<garb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2009/9/8 Donald Allen <donaldcal...@gmail.com>: >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Anselm R Garbe<garb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 2009/9/8 Donald Allen <donaldcal...@gmail.com>: >>>>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM, markus schnalke<mei...@marmaro.de> wrote: >>>>>> [2009-09-08 01:16] Uriel <lost.gob...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:35 PM, markus schnalke<mei...@marmaro.de> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Read my slides, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would read them, if they were written in the standard language used >>>>>>> by the software industry (and the internet as a whole). People that >>>>>>> write stuff in marginal historical languages for nationalistic or >>>>>>> other barbaric reasons should not be surprised if their work is >>>>>>> ignored. >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you mean? Probably not the source language (latex), or? >>>>>> >>>>>> The content is English. (I only talked in German, if this was >>>>>> unclear.) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ... but maybe, better don't read them. I'm worried about you're >>>>>> health. ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I think your concern is appropriate. Why anyone puts up with Uriel's >>>>> disgusting, offensive, childish rants is beyond me. This discussion >>>>> has sucked more, not less, and I am going to remove myself from this >>>>> list. >>>> >>>> Don't take Uriels offenses too serious or personal, his attitude is >>>> quite difficult sometimes and we had such climaxes several times >>>> already... >>> >>> There was no personal offense; I haven't been part of the discussion, >>> fortunately. But why do you bother responding to this guy at all? >>> Anyone who deals with people as he does does not deserve a response. >>> Responding to him continues the discussion, pollutes the list, and >>> offends people like me who were brought up to have polite and civil >>> discussions about issues, even controversial ones. >> >> I understand your reasons. However some of us know Uriel and got used >> to his social disabilities from time to time. If you aren't used to >> them, ignore him ;) At the end of the day sometimes even such strange >> discussions turned to be fruitful in the past. > > I have spent many years at BBN and MIT with all sorts of social > misfits. Some of them were brilliant and worth it, some were not. If > you think this guy is worth what he's dishing out, fine, have private > discussions with him and put up with his abuse yourself. But to allow > this kind of thing on a public mailing list is a very different sort > of thing. It reflects badly on your project and your work, and I think > some minimum level of decorum is needed here. Such a requirement is > not at all unusual in online communities. Unless and until that > happens, I want no part of this. > > /Don > > > >> >> Kind regards, >> Anselm >> >> > >