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Re: A modest proposal [message #184677 is a reply to message #184676]

Wed, 15 January 2014 01:42

Doug Miller
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Ed Mullen <ejOBVIOUSLYREMOVE(at)edmullen(dot)net> wrote in news:771crb.n39.19.1
@news.alt.net:

> It's just too much fun to give him real answers and watch him
> self-destruct. We cannot do any better, eh? Than to let him prove his
> ignorance?

If he would actually self-destruct (figuratively, anyway) and -- as he has been repeatedly
advised to do -- find a new hobby, I could see some merit in this. But he won't.

The problem, Ed, is that richard does not realize the depths of his own ignorance, and
probably never will. Witness this most recent episode, in which he continues to insist that the
PHP interpreter conform its behavior to his expectations of it, instead of conforming his
expectations to its defined and published behavior. This is far from the first time something
of this nature has occurred. He honestly, truly thinks that there is something wrong with PHP
because it does not behave the way he mistakenly believes it does or should.

richard appears to me to be completely, totally incapable of recognizing the flaws in his
own code, and in his understanding of how software is supposed to work. *Every time*
something does not work as he expects it to, he places the blame everywhere *except* the
one place where it belongs: himself.

Bottom line: richard has already amply proven his ignorance to everyone in the universe
except the one person that would benefit from proof of his ignorance, he himself.

> It's certainly time comsuming but, honestly, it is, on some level,
> pretty funny to watch him self-destruct isn't it?

Granted, he does bring some entertainment value. And I suppose his truculent, combative
attitude is part of the entertainment... Just the same, it gets old after a while.

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		A modest proposal By: Doug Miller on Tue, 14 January 2014 22:29
		Re: A modest proposal By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 14 January 2014 23:16
		Re: A modest proposal By: Tim Streater on Tue, 14 January 2014 23:23
		Re: A modest proposal By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Wed, 15 January 2014 00:23
		Re: A modest proposal By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 15 January 2014 01:03
		Re: A modest proposal By: Ed Mullen on Wed, 15 January 2014 01:12
		Re: A modest proposal By: Doug Miller on Wed, 15 January 2014 01:42
		Re: A modest proposal By: Mr Oldies on Wed, 15 January 2014 15:00
		Re: A modest proposal By: Evan Platt on Wed, 15 January 2014 15:32
		Re: A modest proposal By: Doug Miller on Wed, 15 January 2014 15:48
		Re: A modest proposal By: Mr Oldies on Wed, 15 January 2014 18:12
		Re: A modest proposal By: Evan Platt on Sun, 19 January 2014 04:59

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