Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!sharkey!umich!caen!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!bywater!scifi!watson!arnor!biko!sck Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Marc Barrett Message-ID: <1991Apr8.002704.27824@watson.ibm.com> From: sck@watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) Date: 8 Apr 91 00:27:04 GMT Reply-To: sck@biko.watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) Sender: news@watson.ibm.com (NNTP News Poster) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy References: <1991Apr4.034655.3681@uniwa.uwa.oz><1991Apr5.144106.390@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, <40924@cup.portal.com> <18f255ab.ARN17c5@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au> Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Nntp-Posting-Host: biko Lines: 27 OK we know that you think that Marc Barret is annoying, but there is are simple ways of dealing with him. 1: add his id to your author-kill list (Note: he uses several ids) 2: add his site to your kill list (Note: just a little overkill) 3: learn patience and understanding. He can't be this woefully ignorant and demanding his entire life. (He has to graduate at some point) 4: listen to the points he is trying to make and ignore the excessive verbal noise he so dearly loves. (My own personal favorite) For those of us who have been reading in blessed silence, Marc is a screaming child that needs attention, to punish the child is a way of stunting his growth, to abuse the child is unspeakable, but to ignore the child is worse, for he will soon feel that he must scream louder to be heard. I think Marc has improved over time and I think someday, he will have some control in his use of language in his postings. So chill, relax, take a breather, and don't let an undergrad rile you over something that he has not spent time thinking about. BTW Marc, Remember the board you were working on? I do. What became of it? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott C. Kennedy (sck@watson.ibm.com) | "All we are saying ... Distributed High Performance Computing | is give peace a chance..." I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Research Facility | John Lennon - Dec. 8, 1980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------