Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:47:03 -0600 Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:47:01 +0000 From: lipska the kat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120410 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Need clarification on Object.equals. References: <909022a2-ead4-45e6-9f43-79b5013e04ee@googlegroups.com> <67da22eb-42d8-40bf-b172-9aac1eef268e@googlegroups.com> <50d13174$0$283$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <-vKdnV0vgsl4CUzNnZ2dnUVZ8sOdnZ2d@bt.com> <50d1ca29$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <50d1caa3$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <50d1d243$0$286$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <50D1D9FD.4070202@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <50D1D9FD.4070202@telia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <8NGdnZJoQO_qfEzNnZ2dnUVZ8mmdnZ2d@bt.com> Lines: 56 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-YCxvQV1aDMvjY4Buj2W9QlwcFWzQ9DDJHtLBxfiChhYBe2n72fYD6kKFUMGKU5qi9JYI+vLZmTeHQL8!sOVXE71UgCofRBdM5k893eIrAm+gvw/axSOLZA/uPNmSpxNktYL8pXj8WNt7+26n4cnQBSirxvg= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3565 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:20539 On 19/12/12 15:15, Lars Enderin wrote: > 2012-12-19 16:05, lipska the kat skrev: >> On 19/12/12 14:42, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>> On 12/19/2012 9:36 AM, lipska the kat wrote: >>>> On 19/12/12 14:09, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>>> On 12/19/2012 9:07 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>>>> On 12/19/2012 6:22 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: >>>>>>> On 12/19/2012 2:20 AM, lipska the kat wrote: >>>>>>> ... >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>> >>>>> My point is that while newbies do have a "allowed to post >>>>> stupid questions" card, then they do not have a "allowed >>>>> to insult others without being criticized for it" card. >>> >>>> Your arrogance is almost beyond belief. Listen to yourself >>>> You really do think that you are in some way qualified to pass judgment >>>> on what is a stupid question and what isn't. >>> >>> Congratulations you completely missed the point. >> >> No I didn't and I quote >> >> "My point is that while newbies do have a "allowed to post >> stupid questions" card" >> >> Who 'allows' them to post stupid questions. >> You ? >> >> Who decides who is a newbie >> You ? >> >> Who decides it is a stupid question >> You ? >> >> And before you use the 'community' card >> >> Who made you the spokesperson >> You ? >> >> Well ? > > You're overreacting, in a big way (and there should be no space before > ?). You completely missed the spirit (and point) of Arne's response(s). This is Usenet, if you don't like it, go somewhere else. I do like it so I'm staying and I will continue however futile it may be to stand up against the ludicrous pomposity and arrogance I see here. Get used to it. lipska -- Lipska the Kat©: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun