Did I miss something here?  I don't know what all the fuss is about.  All newbie's go through some sort of initiation here.
Lets all get the wheel turning again, be the productive and helpful community that we should be.  No offence to you James, I guess sometimes the PICLIST enters a gray area and needs to refocus.

-Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf
Of Olin Lathrop
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:56 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: OFFLIST: [PIC] Number Guess Project Critique Request


James Newton, Host wrote:
> DAMN! I didn't mean to send that to the list. Sorry.
>
> I hate it when I screw up like this... Anyway, sorry Olin, sorry all.
> Please forget you saw that.

I think you did the right thing, even if unintentional.  It's helpful for
all to know where your thinking is at.  I certainly didn't expect you'd
object to anyone saying they don't have time for an attitude problem against
Microsoft, and I suspect others would have thought the same.

James, your threshold of what is acceptable is pretty far off to one side
compared to where most people would put it.  I'm not trying to argue that
with you since it's your call to make.  However, you should at least
recognize that it's not always obvious.  Therefore publicly pointing out
when you don't like something is useful in letting everyone know where the
line is.  It also lets everyone see there is a uniform standard.  Otherwise
one can easily get the perception that things are decided on the fly and
that treatment may not always be even.

You've said in the past that you don't want to embarass anyone, but I don't
see how you stating your objection to a comment is an embarassement to
anyone.  I certainly don't feel embarassed, and I don't see why anyone else
in this situation should either.


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