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2012-10-15 19:36, Bob Greschke wrote:

> There really needs to be a posting delay.

People who want to post mindlessly would find a way to circumvent it.

> I didn't understand
> "sub-classing" things like

Don't worry, people didn't understand your question either.

Next time, consider posting a URL of your best effort so far, together
with a concise description of how it fails to meet the goal, and
minimize babbling. "Funny" Subject lines aren't.

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Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

2012-10-15 21:57, Bob Greschke insulted:

> WOW! I've been posting to USENET since the data was passed around by
> modem.

It still is.

> I've rarely run into assholes like you over the decades,

Excellent. You have apparently lived in a parallel universe. Please
return to it.

> I got several email responses from people on a couple of continents that
> had no difficulty understanding what I was trying to do.

In the 90s, lusers used to write "lurkers support me!" on Usenet.

> Here is the restult:

How astonishing. A purported solution to an unspecified problem, except
that it is just a piece of CSS code.

> Too bad you can't go
>
> <td.item>

Oh really?

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On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:57:11 -0600, Bob Greschke <>
wrote:

>On 2012-10-15 10:43:05 -0600, "Jukka K. Korpela" <> said:

[snip]

>> Next time, consider posting a URL of your best effort so far, together
>> with a concise description of how it fails to meet the goal, and
>> minimize babbling. "Funny" Subject lines aren't.
>
>WOW! I've been posting to USENET since the data was passed around by
>modem. I've rarely run into assholes like you over the decades, but it
>is ALWAYS fun when I do. I guess you must just be a dumbass, because I

Mr. Korpela is one of the more helpful people in this newsgroup.
I appreciate his help. I do not appreciate your rudeness to him.

[snipped further rudeness]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On 2012-10-15 22:30:13 +0000, Gene Wirchenko said:

> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:57:11 -0600, Bob Greschke <>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2012-10-15 10:43:05 -0600, "Jukka K. Korpela" <> said:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> Next time, consider posting a URL of your best effort so far, together
>>> with a concise description of how it fails to meet the goal, and
>>> minimize babbling. "Funny" Subject lines aren't.
>>
>> WOW! I've been posting to USENET since the data was passed around by
>> modem. I've rarely run into assholes like you over the decades, but it
>> is ALWAYS fun when I do. I guess you must just be a dumbass, because I
>
> Mr. Korpela is one of the more helpful people in this newsgroup.
> I appreciate his help.

True, but he's not too fond of idiots, and sometimes his helpfulness is
a bit hidden.



> I do not appreciate your rudeness to him.
>
> [snipped further rudeness]
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko


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athel

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:21:35 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden
<> wrote:

>On 2012-10-15 22:30:13 +0000, Gene Wirchenko said:

[snip]

>> Mr. Korpela is one of the more helpful people in this newsgroup.
>> I appreciate his help.
>
>True, but he's not too fond of idiots, and sometimes his helpfulness is
>a bit hidden.

Why is not being fond of idiots a problem?

As to hidden, maybe, the OP is asking the wrong question. I see
this quite frequently.

Question-askers should read this:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
by Eric Steven Raymond

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On 2012-10-18 02:22:33 +0200, Gene Wirchenko <> said:

> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:21:35 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden
> <> wrote:
>
>> On 2012-10-15 22:30:13 +0000, Gene Wirchenko said:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> Mr. Korpela is one of the more helpful people in this newsgroup.
>>> I appreciate his help.
>>
>> True, but he's not too fond of idiots, and sometimes his helpfulness is
>> a bit hidden.
>
> Why is not being fond of idiots a problem?

To me it isn't, but the idiots may find it a bit disconcerting.
>
> As to hidden, maybe, the OP is asking the wrong question. I see
> this quite frequently.
>
> Question-askers should read this:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> by Eric Steven Raymond
>
> [snip]
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko


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athel