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Warp wrote:
> If you honestly did not understand it because I expressed it improperly,
Yes, that's what I'm trying to say. Not so much "improperly", but we're
specifically talking about things that work differently, and "imprecise" led
to confusion.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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On 18 Apr 2009 12:36:53 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> > No, I didn't call him stupid. I asked him if he would have preferred me
>> >to call him stupid instead of assuming he was nitpicking on purpose.
>
>> Even so that is still offensive it is as good as calling him stupid.
>
> I'm just tired of people who jump with their "don't you DARE to <blaa blaa>"
>at every opportunity, like I had written the greatest of insults.
Even so, it is better to speak to people as you would have them speak to you.
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Regards
Stephen
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Warp wrote:
> If I say "vi does not work like most other editors because when you start
> it up you can't just start editing the text right away", isn't it rather
> clear what I'm referring to, without having to write an essay about the
> subject to make it absolutely clear?
No. That's my point. In my mind, I *am* editing text right away in vi. I can
move the cursor, I can insert and delete, and so on.
Unlike, say, an IDE's editor, where first you have to open the IDE, open a
project, select a file within that project, perhaps check it out of source
control, *then* you can start editing the file.
It's hard to know what you meant when the first sentence is "the first time
I used vi, it was incomprehensible how to open a file and edit it."
Yes, you can't just start typing and have what you type inserted in the
text. You *can* move around, and open and save files, and so on. It's a
one-keystroke difference, compared to the major differences you get with IDE
editors or structured editors.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:53:51 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> want subtitles on Scottish TV programmes.)
>
>http://vodpod.com/watch/557475-iraq-terrorist-does-not-like-subtitles
LOL Shades of Fawlty Towers.
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Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>
> In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
> differences
> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>
> When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet, it
> sometimes shows.
That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
Jim
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:17:10 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>
>Note to our mascot: you are not expected to understand this.
You wouldn't happen to live in Maastrick? I'm in Brussels next week and need to
go to The Netherlands to post a letter. Would you believe that our Royal Mail
sent my Dutch tax form to America instead of Heerlen?
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 18-4-2009 22:25, Stephen wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:17:10 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>
>> Note to our mascot: you are not expected to understand this.
>
> You wouldn't happen to live in Maastrick?
No, I am close to Amsterdam. There is some interaction with the group in
Maastricht and some friends living there, but I don't think we have a
meeting planned next week.
> I'm in Brussels next week and need to
> go to The Netherlands to post a letter. Would you believe that our Royal Mail
> sent my Dutch tax form to America instead of Heerlen?
Uhmm, yes. More people in the states than here so on average... And
there are some towns called Holland over there. OTOH we have a town
called America.
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:49:01 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>On 18-4-2009 22:25, Stephen wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:17:10 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>
>>> Note to our mascot: you are not expected to understand this.
>>
>> You wouldn't happen to live in Maastrick?
>
>No, I am close to Amsterdam. There is some interaction with the group in
>Maastricht and some friends living there, but I don't think we have a
>meeting planned next week.
>
Shame.
>> I'm in Brussels next week and need to
>> go to The Netherlands to post a letter. Would you believe that our Royal Mail
>> sent my Dutch tax form to America instead of Heerlen?
>
>Uhmm, yes. More people in the states than here so on average... And
>there are some towns called Holland over there. OTOH we have a town
>called America.
But Heerlen is not in Holland, I believe, and I marked the letter "Netherlands".
Our Royal Mail lost 6,000,000 items last year so I won't trust them with this
tax refund letter again.
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Regards
Stephen
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > If I say "vi does not work like most other editors because when you start
> > it up you can't just start editing the text right away", isn't it rather
> > clear what I'm referring to, without having to write an essay about the
> > subject to make it absolutely clear?
> No. That's my point. In my mind, I *am* editing text right away in vi. I can
> move the cursor, I can insert and delete, and so on.
So in your opinion there's absolutely no difference between vi and other
more typical text editors, and thus you don't have the slightest idea what
I'm talking about?
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- Warp
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:25:36 -0400, Warp wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> I usually chalk it up to cultural/language differences
>> In my case I'd say it's not so much about cultural or language
>> differences
>> as much as inexperience in social interaction.
>>
>> When 90% of your social interaction happens through the internet, it
>> sometimes shows.
>
> That's a possibility I hadn't considered. :-)
Hey, you're dealing with geeks here, don't you know? The most common
close social interaction we get is from the pizza delivery guy. :)
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