Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: The Love of Jesus Christ is our Only Hope Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:22:12 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <804aca5d-c6aa-4be4-8bad-c453fcb42b31@googlegroups.com> <57e3f475$0$905$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <57e62268$0$940$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <5f2798a2-99a6-151d-c0cc-fe6e34030e58@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="945944de09706c9b4e29b53c9d2efdc2"; logging-data="22984"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/j+32YPGX551iXZhxrezez" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u8DRFJdb6G+Zm1EyIICMJ/1aR28= sha1:mGq3TOubmSFkbM+xrDPhyrHxj08= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:93992 David Brown writes: > On 24/09/16 16:52, James R. Kuyper wrote: >> On 09/24/2016 10:44 AM, David Brown wrote: >> ... >>> And it would be nice if Rick accepted that he is not going to convince >>> anyone in c.l.c. to join his cult at the moment, and moved off to more >>> fertile grounds for a while. I'd recommend sci.electronics.design. >> >> I'm curious - what did s.e.d ever do to deserve Rick? > > Have you ever looked at s.e.d? No. > Theoretically, it is a technical > newsgroup about electronics, but electronics threads are a rarity > (though they have been making a bit of a comeback recently). Mostly it > is politics, religion, conspiracy theories, and a facebook substitute > for retired American electronics engineers. Sometimes threads can be > interesting or entertaining, but I mark most of the threads there as > "ignored" (something I have never bothered doing in c.l.c). If Rick > wants to find people who need "moral guidance", then s.e.d. is a better > spot than c.l.c. - and conversely, s.e.d. is far happier with off-topic > discussions than c.l.c. But Rick should be prepared for a lot less > politeness and tolerance than he gets here! So it's a newsgroup with enough topical material to make it worth reading, but a majority of blatantly off-topic material -- and you propose to make it worse by inviting Rick to participate. David, what exactly would it take for you to STOP FEEDING THE TROLL? -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"