Re: project together?

From	David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: project together?
Date	2017-02-13 10:31 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 10/02/17 09:47, mark.bluemel@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:31:02 UTC, David Brown  wrote:
>> On 09/02/17 21:04, Kenny McCormack wrote:
>>> In article <871sv76wxm.fsf@bsb.me.uk>,
>>> Ben Bacarisse  <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> real talk should be on real source so maybe project together?
>>>>>
>>>>> i wonder if some people would be interested in this.. if some like 5
>>>>> persons would participate there maybe something could be
>>>>> done..
>>>>
>>>> Do you think any of the people you've insulted are likely to want to
>>>> work with you?  I wonder if there are 5 people here who you have not
>>>> insulted.
>>>
>>> You people are too thin-skinned.  It is typical of the regs in this newsgroup.
>>>
>>> In some circles, it is considered a mark of acceptance when people insult
>>> you.  Means you're in the group.  Means you can be trusted.
>>>
>>
>> I doubt if Ben is particularly bothered by being insulted by Fir.  And 
>> certainly I consider my "primitive commonist blabler" status as marking 
>> me in good company.
>>
>> But I don't feel particularly motived to work with Fir on whatever 
>> project he is thinking about - his insults whenever I have helped him in 
>> the past make it unlikely that I would help him in the future.
> 
> Leaving aside his insults, I don't see how you could communicate effectively 
> with Fir unless (perhaps) you speak Polish(?). His grasp of English is 
> idiosyncratic and his ability/desire to express ideas clearly seems limited.
> 

My understanding is that his Polish writing is not much clearer than his
English.  He believes that he is a "philosopher" and is "above" such
"common" things as using language in the same way as other people.
People who try to communicate with standard grammar or spelling (in any
language) are mere "commonists" - as a philosopher and higher thinker,
Fir is beyond such petty details.  Going out of his way to make himself
understood is a waste of his precious time.

His command of English is much, much better than would appear from his
posts.  He /can/ make himself understood if he wants, assuming he has
something intelligible to say.  He simply does not want his words to be
easily understood - mere mortals are not supposed to be able to
understand him.

> How could you possibly tell if you and he were talking about the same things?
> 

Well, indeed.

Thread

project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 10:16 -0800
  Re: project together? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-09 18:28 +0000
    Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 10:45 -0800
    Re: project together? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-02-09 20:04 +0000
      Re: project together? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-09 21:30 +0100
        Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 12:43 -0800
        Re: project together? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2017-02-10 00:47 -0800
          Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 00:57 -0800
            Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 07:17 -0800
          Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 04:24 -0800
          Re: project together? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-13 10:31 +0100
        Re: project together? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-02-11 19:08 +1300
          Re: project together? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-11 10:02 -0500
            Re: project together? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-13 10:34 +0100
            Re: project together? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-13 10:24 -0500
  Re: project together? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 10:46 -0800
    Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 11:06 -0800
      Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 12:06 -0800
        Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 12:18 -0800
          Re: project together? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-09 21:57 -0800
            Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 00:48 -0800
              Re: project together? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-10 02:52 -0800
                Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 06:47 -0800
                Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 07:12 -0800
            Re: project together? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-13 10:39 +0100
              Re: project together? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-13 02:32 -0800
              Re: project together? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-13 11:58 +0100
                Re: project together? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-13 05:39 -0800
                Re: project together? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 12:11 +0100
                Re: project together? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-14 03:58 -0800
                Re: project together? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-02-14 12:01 +0000
                Re: project together? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-14 13:36 +0100
                Making things open source requires copyright notices; it's the world we live in (Was: project together?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-02-14 12:46 +0000
                Re: project together? GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 14:24 +0100
              Re: project together? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-02-15 21:07 +0000
      Re: project together? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 12:48 -0800
        Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 13:04 -0800
  Re: project together? void <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 20:00 -0800
    Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 01:18 -0800
      Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 02:20 -0800
        Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 03:31 -0800
      Re: project together? void <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 02:48 -0800
        Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 03:16 -0800
          Re: project together? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 03:40 -0800

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