Warp wrote:
> scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>> Great, so you're publically calling someones work so trivial it shouldn't 
>> have been posted
> 
>   Where exactly?
> 
>   Yes, always interpret everything in the worst possible way.
> 
>> and asking if there is any "more" to it that would make it 
>> interesting to you (which in itself is considered pretty rude when the OP 
>> has explained pretty clearly what it's about), and all this when you confess 
>> to knowing little about the subjects involved!
> 
>   So let me get this straight: I don't know much about the subject, and
> thus I ask for reasons for the subject to be interesting, and this, in
> your opinion, is wrong and rude.
> 
>   Yeah, sure. Whatever you can come up with that will make things look
> worse.
> 

It's the language barrier, Warp.

Backhanded complements and snide remarks are an art form in English, and 
exploited throughout drama and comedies. While you were just asking 
'What makes this interesting?' it comes across as though you are 
suggesting that the math and lines are 'too simple to actually be 
interesting or useful.'

I wouldn't ask about a Rube Goldberg machine, 'So, what does it actually 
do?' because the tone suggest that I find it useless for 'just' breaking 
an egg.

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