Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool2.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <2195068.YSNOXJCL14@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 22:48:31 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.8.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <1682512.96Mmdoi5ah@PointedEars.de> <1b3v4hdr708cs$.pu9gra6nghis$.dlg@40tude.net> <1402303.caqJt7tcgK@PointedEars.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 43 NNTP-Posting-Date: 07 May 2013 22:48:32 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 89b4e9ab.newsspool4.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=e@Nl7423i7?RLigj];iP=84IUK5DZm8W4\YJN Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Scott Sauyet wrote: >>> Andrew wrote: >>> >>> Thomas is well-known here for extremely pedantic answers. That he >>> also has a lot of useful knowledge only partly compensates for his >>> anti-social behavior. >> >> That is a luser attitude. There is nothing pedantic or anti-social about >> telling people the truth. [ ... ] > > Actually, it often is both pedantic and anti-social. Are you the sort > who tells parents your unvarnished opinion of their offspring? > > One reasonable definition of "pedantic" (from [1]) is "marked by a > narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial > aspects." Almost by definition, being pedantic involves telling the > truth, or at least what one sees as the truth. The trouble is that > the truth being described is overly concerned with minutiae, sometimes > to the detriment of the conversation. Unfortunately, apparently it is not trivial that here is no “Javascript”. If it was trivial, probably more people would be able to see the fact, and consider the different and differing ECMAScript implementations that they are actually using. >> If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. > > I'm not even slightly singed. But even after many years of listening > to you recite your mantra, I'm not convinced that using "Javascript" > or "javascript" in discussions here has any harmful effects. Pardon? Is not this thread, in which the OP reports that they could not find the relevant material, despite it being referred (under the proper names) in the FAQ, living proof that it has harmful effects? -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.