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Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash

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On 02/02/2011 21:50, Lew allegedly wrote:
> Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
>> Lastly and perhaps most importantly, if the master finds his mastery to
>> be a Satisfying Thing (patent pending) and happens to be humanistically
>> inclined, mightn't he wish it unto others? And to that end, tease them
>> and encourage them upon the path?
>>
>
> More likely he'll tease those who do not show talent for the field of
> which he's so fond, in an attempt to drive them either to excellence
> or to a job that doesn't require nearly as much skill.
>
> It doesn't serve a practitioner "humanistically" or otherwise to
> encourage them upon a path for which they are ill suited.  A master
> will recognize that and only encourage those who have a chance to
> progress.
>
> For the rest, it's, "Would you like fries with that?" and the world is
> a better place for that.

Yeah, but at the same time he might not be pressed to repudiate anyone,
instead living and letting live, if it weren't for external forces which
take malign and interested pleasure in putting the inept in his way so
as to erode the value of his skill.

These external forces he will never succeed in getting to sell shakes as
long as he persists in idiosyncratic complacency.

-- 
DF.

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Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-30 22:00 -0500
  Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-01 20:09 -0500
    Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-02 18:19 -0500
    Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-02 20:43 +0100
      Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-02 12:50 -0800
  Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-01 13:37 -0500
  Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-31 14:22 -0800
    Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-01 19:29 +0100
  Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-01-31 19:12 +0100
    Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-01 19:35 +0100
    Re: Closing a stream in an applet causes a crash Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2011-02-01 10:35 +0100

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