Re: Help a journalist with an article

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

Esther Schindler wrote:
> I appreciate your peacemaking efforts, Hisham. Some of them were 
> slightly misplaced, but the effort is admirable. <warm smile>
>
> I have no problem with brevity. I rarely engage in it myself, mind you, 
> but I'm fine with a clear, short answer. When they're articulate, they 
> make good quotes. The original responder's message, however, was not 
> terse; it was "go away" unhelpful.

I object to this kind of characterization. The above is 
outrageously inaccurate. Go look at the 'original responder's' 
message again:

  http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2008-10/msg00131.html

Luiz was responding to a specific part of your posting. To call it 
'"go away" unhelpful' is outrageous. You should apologize.

> But I do get a sincere chuckle regarding being told the basics of 
> netiquette. I've been involved in online communities since 1984, and 
> running them since 1990. I spent several years as a programmer 
> (optimizing compilers, among other things) so I am no stranger to 
> developer-grunts, particularly when they think a clueless newbie has 
> wandered into their midst.

Luiz's posting didn't telegraphed anything like that. It was 
terse, that all. It didn't claim to answer your request for 
quotes. It merely answered one specific portion of your posting. 
If you're reading things that are not there, then you are at 
fault, not the responder.

> [snip snip]

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia