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Re: Linking Jars

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On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:37:37 -0800 (PST), Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>Amazing what the documentation can reveal if one were *ACTUALLY TO READ IT*.

Why do you mean "IT"? The online docs on Java would form a book
several meters thick.  You can't read it all. You have to know WHAT to
read. You an almost supernatural skill at knowing where to look,
perhaps because you have read it all and remember where everything is
discussed. Others have not.

You assume everyone has your skill and energy for, and absolute
confidence in one's interpretation at reading documentation.

I had to read that page three times before I noticed the relevant
lines.  I only found it because someone had told me it HAD to be
there.  I was looking for "jar linking" or some similar phrase. It
wasn't  there.

My motive for asking is I was composing an entry in the java glossary
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jarlinking.html

I did this as a favour to the Java community.  I did not do it to
annoy you.  When I write such an entry, I often ask a question to
check if there is anything I overlooked or if I harbour some
wrong-headed notion.

If you don't like answering, don't.  You are not obligated to respond.
But stop chastising me every time I ask a question.

It is perfectly legit to ask a question even if I am 99% certain of
the answer, just to bring up a topic for discussion and general
education. Stop pretending it is crime to ask a question.

Besides being rude, you are squelching newbies who are afraid of you.
When you attack me, you intimidating the newbies who fear the same
treatment.  You are interfering with education. CUT IT OUT!

The alternative would have resulted in a article that failed to
mention the option of OneJar or jar Class-path. That makes me brave
your shower of virtual vegetables almost every time I ask a question
or confirmation.  I have to go through this humiliation ritual for the
privilege of consulting the great Lew Oracle.

You have a serious psychological problem, a pathological desire to put
others down. It must poison your whole life. You could not possibly
maintain a relationship if you belittled your partner the way you
daily belittle me.

You are a very clever person, and the information you contribute is
invaluable, but please delete the sarcasm and hectoring.  It is a cold
wet blanket on discussion.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
For me, the appeal of computer programming is that
even though I am quite a klutz,
I can still produce something, in a sense
perfect, because the computer gives me as many
chances as I please to get it right.
 

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Linking Jars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-03 19:53 -0800
  Re: Linking Jars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-03 20:00 -0800
    Re: Linking Jars Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 11:20 +0100
      Re: Linking Jars Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-04 10:37 -0800
        Re: Linking Jars Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-04 23:24 +0100
        Re: Linking Jars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-05 04:20 -0800
          Re: Linking Jars ilAn <idonot@wantspam.net> - 2011-12-05 21:49 +0200
            Re: Linking Jars Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-06 22:11 +0000
          Re: Linking Jars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-05 22:11 -0500
          OT: Was Re: Linking Jars RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-12-07 15:11 +0000
      Re: Linking Jars Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-04 20:25 +0000
        Re: Linking Jars markspace <-@.> - 2011-12-04 13:43 -0800
          Re: Linking Jars Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-06 22:06 +0000
  Re: Linking Jars Ronny Schütz <usenet.r96@gishpuppy.com> - 2011-12-04 23:18 +0100

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