Olin Lathrop wrote:
> RussellMc wrote:
>>>> How do you guys get on?
>>
>>> I do by designing new stuff, not by trying to reverse engineer
>>> others' designs.
>>
>> Clearly 'all you were doing was stating what you do".
>> But
>> That really does sound like you are intending to imply that he is a
>> thief or something akin to one.
>> Was that your intention?
>
> Geesh Russell, I guess if you try really hard you can find a way to get
> offended by just about anything.  Give it a rest.
>
> This wasn't a snide comment, or trying to teach him something, or holier
> than though, or anything else of that nature.  I was just answering his
> question.
>

I read this thread the same way Russel did, and I see no other way to=20
take Olin's comment as anything but accusatory and insulting.  And as=20
with nearly all of Olin's posts that start a minor flame war, it is=20
apparently because we are too easily offended, "I wasn't trying to ...=20
[fill in the blank with b.s. du jour]", and that we all need a thicker skin=
..

Olin is definitely smart enough to understand the difference between=20
posting:

"I do by designing new stuff, not by trying to reverse engineer
others' designs."

vs.

"Do you need to do this often?  Why?"
and then working with the OP's answer for this, instead of assuming and=20
insulting.

So when will Olin be kicked off PIClist for good?  How many times has it=20
been?  Why does having world-class EE design skills keep giving him a=20
pass on this?

Jesse
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