source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:29:59 +0100 Subject: Re: Paul E[h]rlich (sic) From: Paul Hahn On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Gregg Gibson wrote: > My candid opinion, which his continuing insistence forces me to give, is > that this gentleman has many important lacunae in his knowledge of > temperament, but desperately wants to _shine_. Inasmuch as I do not wish > to be taken for his tormentor, I shall refrain from addressing him > further, unless in my judgement he finds a genuine error in my posts. > Arrogance and unfriendliness can be suffered where a man knows something > of importance, but not otherwise. _My_ candid opinion, speaking as one who has been on the tuning list since 1994 and has been using various electronic discussion fora for about a decade before that, is that the above paragraph describes Mr. Gibson far better than Mr. Erlich. There is no surer method to establish oneself as a clueless newbie than to burst onto an existing list or newsgroup, flood it with one's "superior knowledge", be surprised and offended when it is not instantly and gratefully received, and put down respected members of far longer standing who have problems with it. --pH http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote O /\ "Do you like to gamble, Eddie? -\-\-- o Gamble money on pool games?" NOTE: dehyphenate address to remove spamblock. <*> SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Paul Hahn Subject: Re: General Comments PostedDate: 23-12-97 21:33:21 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 23-12-97 21:31:05-23-12-97 21:31:06,23-12-97 21:30:36-23-12-97 21:30:37 DeliveredDate: 23-12-97 21:30:37 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C1256576.0070B4C0; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:32:59 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA24640; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:33:21 +0100 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:33:21 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA24673 Received: (qmail 29644 invoked from network); 23 Dec 1997 12:33:18 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 23 Dec 1997 12:33:18 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu