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: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:06:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:06:09 +0000 From: lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> Organization: Trollbusters 3 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: Final Fantasy 2 based game source code References: <171686ae-5239-4502-9ef3-65a68e8a1a1d@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 46 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-qq62Mcq4ycKP/Io3xsAQliBas/ZqK/cO41eEQvnXrPn/Z1T346D3bxRd47rOmWZ5UIoieduaxNjSyGN!VvCsQe8OaftmmZzGJwrwVjMYSiyn+4ci4aBoIycp5NJCgJCRui0G51l32Dv7Ek0QGCUi8cwkm2A= 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: 3325 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:23015 On 21/03/13 03:12, Qu0ll wrote: > "Fredrik Jonson" wrote in message > news:slrnkkjeng.ps1.fredrik@biggles.jonson.org... > >> It isn't my code. I don't know who the original poster is, and I'm not >> familiar with his projects. I just had to call out on Lew's tone. > > Sorry for mistaking you for the OP Fredrik - my bad. > > Anyway, my point is simply that Lew's tone is probably not worth fussing > over. He contributes a lot to this group, has a high level of knowledge > and even admits when he is wrong (which admittedly is quite rare). I do > believe that he means no harm and that he's not a bully. My assessment > is that he practices a kind of "tough love" approach where he uses > colourful language and shows a bit of attitude in an attempt to motivate > the recipient of his advice to be a better developer. What a complete load of bollocks. > If someone is offended by his remarks then they will most likely > struggle in the real world. Do you actually *believe* this rubbish or are you just trolling c.l.j.p Despite what a few deluded souls have stated here and from past experience I find that enthusiasm is the best aid to education. Negativity imprints on the student a desire to do something else. Enthusiasm for one's subject is a far better spur to the reluctant neophyte than trashing their code will ever be. I don't know what dark corner of some sad reality you inhabit but where I come from, someone who has been encouraged to think for themselves and taught using positive reinforcement is far more capable of dealing with bullies and mental thuggery than someone who has been beaten into submission. lipska > -Qu0ll (Rare, due to Darwinian evolution) lipska -- Lipska the KatŠ: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun