X-Received: by 10.66.80.34 with SMTP id o2mr972599pax.9.1355953227542; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:40:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.91.165 with SMTP id cf5mr3188419igb.4.1355953227502; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:40:27 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!kr7no13153670pbb.0!news-out.google.com!6ni51730pbd.1!nntp.google.com!kr7no13153668pbb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:40:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <-vKdnV0vgsl4CUzNnZ2dnUVZ8sOdnZ2d@bt.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 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> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Need clarification on Object.equals. From: Lew Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:40:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:20598 lipska the kat wrote: > Now I'm not normally driven to using bad language but > What the f**k is wrong with you people. What the fuck is wrong with /you/? > This is Usenet, not your private little universe. People gave a perfectly reasonable answer to the question, and "ple..." got their knickers in a twist. > I've noticed this a lot in various newsgroups that I have been > frequenting of late. People who are regular contributors get the idea > that foo.bar.baz newsgroup is their private domain and anyone who has > the temerity to post a question that doesn't meet their exacting > standards get flamed and scolded and told to stop whining. Maybe the OP should not have whined, then. > I get told off but I have the skin of a Rhino and none of you silly > little jibes affect me or my life in any way whatsoever. Not everyone is > so unaffected. They weren't "jibes", as you hope to convince us without evidence by the mere use of the word. They were valid advice.' > Please think before you flame. Physician, heal thyself. > Oh, and by the way, my flames are ALWAYS justified :-) As any troll would say, your disingenuous smiley-face notwithstanding. -- Lew