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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:27:39 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:10:45 -0400, Warp wrote:
>>
>>> nemesis <nam### [at] nospam-gmail com> wrote:
>>>> Married geeks
>>> Isn't that an oxymoron? ;)
>>
>> I'll ask my wife. ;-)
>
> Maybe you shouldn't. It may end up in a divorce.<G>
Nah, it won't - 13 years and we haven't split up yet, I think we're stuck
with each other. ;-)
Jim
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Asarcasm
> Check out how many are mocking ridicule. :-)
I forgot the first rule of internet communication: From all the possible
meanings of an expression, always choose the worst one.
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Asarcasm
>> Check out how many are mocking ridicule. :-)
>
> I forgot the first rule of internet communication: From all the possible
> meanings of an expression, always choose the worst one.
Come now. When *every* definition served up by google says that sarcasm
means you're mocking and ridiculing the person you're talking to, you
probably shouldn't say "don't be offended, it was just sarcasm." I'm trying
to teach you some english here: sarcasm is something you say to be mean or
abusive. If you didn't mean to be mean or abusive, don't call what you did
sarcasm.
*You* are the one that said it was sarcasm. I wasn't the one who picked the
meaning.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Darren New wrote:
> *You* are the one that said it was sarcasm. I wasn't the one who picked
> the meaning.
You know what? Nevermind. You're still clearly working hard to avoid
communication. I'll wait till you're feeling better or past whatever's
bugging you at work or whatever.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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> It's still too little to bother, I guess. You talk like as if pressing
> space and being presented with a graphical menu that works like any other
> graphical menu you ever saw is the end of the world.
It doesn't. The menu disappears seemingly randomly if you stray too far
from it, the menu order is reversed if you open it too near the bottom of
the window, the menu gets clipped by the edge of the window rather than
being display on top of it, it doesn't respect the user setting for sub-menu
open delay, it doesn't reopen at the new point if you press space again.
It's all the little features that OS designers spend so much time over to
make life easier for everyone, and then some developer comes along and says
"nah, we're just going to use our own menu system".
> Those fighting it surely already migrated to something else...
Yep exactly, and the Blender developers don't care, because it doesn't
affect them how many people are using it. Such a shame because underneath
there is a great program, which would probably grow to be even better if
more people were involved in the project.
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>>>> ^u 10 ^f
>>
>>> Actually, I've often wondered what such things as ^M are supposed to
>>> mean.
>>
>> You have clearly never used any unix.
>>
>
> or DOS for that matter ..
or a modem "by hand".
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>> Mmm. I knew the US has a surprising amount of strange people, I guess
>> just taking into account the size of the place there must be some really
>> smart people there too...
>
> Indeed there are. I've told you before that it's not a good idea to
> judge an entire country based on your limited experience in dealing with
> people who work for the same company you do being based in the US.
>
> You'll find we're a pretty diverse group, and some of us are even *gasp*
> nice! :-)
The part that really puzzles me is that all the best commedians are from
the USA, and yet... most of the Americans I've met don't seem to possess
a sense of humour.
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> The part that really puzzles me is that all the best commedians are from
> the USA, and yet... most of the Americans I've met don't seem to possess a
> sense of humour.
I read somewhere (don't remember where) that people who do similar jobs in
different countries are *way* more alike than people from the same country
who do different jobs. IME this seems true.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Come now. When *every* definition served up by google says that sarcasm
> means you're mocking and ridiculing the person you're talking to, you
> probably shouldn't say "don't be offended, it was just sarcasm." I'm trying
> to teach you some english here: sarcasm is something you say to be mean or
> abusive. If you didn't mean to be mean or abusive, don't call what you did
> sarcasm.
If I described it as "rhetorical" rather than "sarcastic", would you
be happier?
You seem rather obsessed with the technical meaning of words.
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> If I described it as "rhetorical" rather than "sarcastic", would you
> be happier?
Rhetorical has a different meaning, and one without a connotation of
ridicule. A sarcastic question and a rhetorical question are two entirely
different things. It's not a question of whether I'm "happy" or not.
> You seem rather obsessed with the technical meaning of words.
Given how often miscommunication seems to happen and upset people, and given
how often you complain that people aren't taking things the way you meant,
I'm trying to offer assistance with communicating clearly. My apologies if
this offended you.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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