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JKop
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:08 am    Post subject: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote



Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

I'm going to be reading the replies, so if there's anything credible
there, I'll be happy to respond!


-JKop
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chris
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:26 am    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote


JKop wrote:
Quote:
Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

I'm going to be reading the replies, so if there's anything credible
there, I'll be happy to respond!


OK, heres a question. Can you point me to a thread or two for which you
deserve some bashing? The only slightly dodgy thing I remember reading
was the "Microsoft are fools, they don't know what a polymorphic type"
thread is, on which I agree with you at least partly (but feel the urge
to defend Microsoft occasionally, just to annoy linux obsessives).

Chris

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JKop
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:38 am    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote



Quote:
OK, heres a question. Can you point me to a thread or two for which you
deserve some bashing? The only slightly dodgy thing I remember reading
was the "Microsoft are fools, they don't know what a polymorphic type"
thread is, on which I agree with you at least partly (but feel the urge
to defend Microsoft occasionally, just to annoy linux obsessives).

Chris


Well I get the odd insult now and again, plus that latest thread where the
fella proposed myself for a prestigious award.

Just seems to me that if people are going to be derogatory toward me, then
they should be open about why exactly they are so - otherwise, I advise them
that other than satisfying their own personal pleasures, they're wasting
their time.

Plus, if I'm rreeaallyy honest, this is fun!


-JKop

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DaKoadMunky
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:58 am    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
I find the manner in which you communicate at times to be very immature and
unprofessional.

You have made statements similar to the following...

"Why the fuck does C++ do it this way? It is so fucking stupid!"

"Only a shit compiler would allow this to compile. It is bullshit"

I find such a manner of communicating to be very unpleasant. If you speak like
you write then I would be hesistant to work with you.

Basically it comes across as arrogance without the knowledge to back it up.

I believe that your interest in C++ and your growing knowledge of C++ could
make you a valued member of this group or a development team.

All you gotta do is lose the attitude.
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JKop
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:31 am    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
DaKoadMunky posted:

Quote:
I find the manner in which you communicate at times to be very immature
and unprofessional.

You have made statements similar to the following...

"Why the fuck does C++ do it this way? It is so fucking stupid!"

"Only a shit compiler would allow this to compile. It is bullshit"

I find such a manner of communicating to be very unpleasant. If you
speak like you write then I would be hesistant to work with you.

Basically it comes across as arrogance without the knowledge to back it
up.

I believe that your interest in C++ and your growing knowledge of C++
could make you a valued member of this group or a development team.

All you gotta do is lose the attitude.


I see what you're getting at here, and to be honest, I do actually think
twice before posting a word like "fuck" to a newsgroup. It really just
depends on the way one is interpreted. For instance, it wouldn't be uncommon
for myself, in a social context, to react in disbelief with the exclamation
"Fuck off!", as in:

Some-one: He sold the car -- he got EUR 4,000 for it.

Me: Fuck Off!


Now, in my opinion this really has to do with social context. I often hear
the argument, "People who curse are exhibiting their lack of intelligence
and inferior vocabulary.". This makes a little bit of sense to me and in a
professional context, I do strive to find a non-slang word for what I want
to express (for instance, some-one recently referred to my comments as
"vacuous", which is in obvious alternative to "fucking stupid").
I do see the merit in being more professional like this, but the more I buy
into it, the more I see that there really is a use for cursing, it just
depends on the context. I used to post the likes of "This is a farce.", but
really I'm sort-of lying about what I'm trying to express. The phrase "This
is bullshit.", while equally getting the point across, also gives an insight
into my disposition. So I think to myself, if I explicitly, consciously use
"big words" over curses, am I really just being coerced (even bullied) into
expressing myself in a way in which other people will like? I haven't really
decided yet. At the moment, I'm experimenting a little.

I just have to add that when I see other people here curse a little, like
Ron Natalie, who says the likes of "This is retarded." from time to time, it
alters my perception of the group and the whole social context. At the
beginning, when I started posting to such an "upper-class" newsgroup like
this, I was purely in the mindset that, if I were to curse, I'd just be
exhibiting stupidity and immaturity. But now, I'm thinking more along the
lines of expressing myself openly and accurately. Just because I'm a
proficient programmer doesn't mean I've to bare the social stigma attached
to it - that is, that I must be "professional". Also, one does not have to
be "professional" in order to be "intelligent". The film "Good Will
Hunting" tries to conveys this.


Regarding:

Quote:
I find such a manner of communicating to be very unpleasant. If you
speak like you write then I would be hesistant to work with you.

This is exactly the kind of thing that encourages me to be more
"professional". If we were all to use our own colloquialisms, then the text
in this newsgroup would be unintelligible; as such, we use the common
denominator: "official" English. But the truth of the matter in my opinion
is that there's more to conversation than "official" language. I find that
the odd curse works will to set the tone (eg. light-hearted) and to express
our actual personality openly.

I'm not a hostile person. I won't express unwarranted aggression toward a
person for absoultely no reason. Perhaps what's going on is that people who
are of different social background to me interpret my cursing as "hostile"
and thus interpret myself as "hostile"?

I just think it's better to be professional and to honestly and openly
express yourself, rather than to simply be professional.


-JKop

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Patrick Kowalzick
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:53 am    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
Hi JKop,

Do you have kind of dictionary to translate from "professional, honestly and
openly c.l.c++-english" to "simply professional c.l.c++-english"?

Something like:

This is bullshit. - You are a **** ****. And really stupid.
This is bullshit. - You are absolutly wrong. See Standard and Stroustoup.
This is bullshit. - You might be wrong, but I have to investigate further.
This is bullshit. - I always did it in a different fashion.
This is bullshit. - I have no clue at all.

Bullshit,
Patrick

P.S.: Is bashing off-topic ?


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JKop
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:15 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
Patrick Kowalzick posted:

Quote:
Hi JKop,

Do you have kind of dictionary to translate from "professional,
honestly and openly c.l.c++-english" to "simply professional
c.l.c++-english"?

Something like:

This is bullshit. - You are a **** ****. And really stupid.
This is bullshit. - You are absolutly wrong. See Standard and
Stroustoup. This is bullshit. - You might be wrong, but I have to
investigate further. This is bullshit. - I always did it in a different
fashion. This is bullshit. - I have no clue at all.

Bullshit,
Patrick

P.S.: Is bashing off-topic ?



Rhetorical questions don't do much.


-JKop

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Victor Bazarov
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:19 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
Patrick Kowalzick wrote:
Quote:
[...]
P.S.: Is bashing off-topic ?

Usually it is. I just kill-filed him a long time ago.

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Jonathan Turkanis
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote

"JKop" <NULL (AT) NULL (DOT) NULL> wrote in message:
Quote:

Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

Maybe the best solution would be for you to study a couple of good C++ books,
pick a new alias, and start fresh. ... Unless your name is really "JKop." Or is
it "NULL"?

Jonathan





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Jonathan Turkanis
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote

"JKop" <NULL (AT) NULL (DOT) NULL> wrote in message:
Quote:

Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

Maybe the best solution would be for you to study a couple of good C++ books,
pick a new alias, and start fresh. ... Unless your name is really "JKop." Or is
it "NULL"?

Jonathan






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JKop
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
Jonathan Turkanis posted:

Quote:

"JKop" <NULL (AT) NULL (DOT) NULL> wrote in message:

Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to
this one thread.

So... bash away!

Maybe the best solution would be for you to study a couple of good C++
books, pick a new alias, and start fresh. ... Unless your name is
really "JKop." Or is it "NULL"?

Jonathan


"JKop" is what we call a pseudonym.


"NULL" I believe is defined in <stddef>.


-JKop

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Jonathan Turkanis
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:25 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews (AT) kangaroologic (DOT) com> wrote


Quote:
Maybe the best solution would be for you to study a couple of good C++ books,
pick a new alias, and start fresh. ... Unless your name is really "JKop." Or
is
it "NULL"?

Sorry for the duplicate message ... duplicate message ... duplicate message ...

Quote:

Jonathan



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Jonathan Turkanis
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:31 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote

"JKop" <NULL (AT) NULL (DOT) NULL> wrote:
Quote:
Jonathan Turkanis posted:

Maybe the best solution would be for you to study ... pick a new alias

"JKop" is what we call a pseudonym.

The technical term is "nom de trolle."

Quote:
-JKop

Jonathan



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John Harrison
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:17 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote

"JKop" <NULL (AT) NULL (DOT) NULL> wrote

Quote:

Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

I'm going to be reading the replies, so if there's anything credible
there, I'll be happy to respond!


-JKop

I think you could pick a better variable name than poo. I liked it when you
used animal names.

john



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Simon
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:38 pm    Post subject: Re: JKop bashing thread Reply with quote
chris <caj (AT) cs (DOT) york.ac.uk> wrote

Quote:
JKop wrote:
Though this thread is off-topic, I feel that it will make the rest of
the entire newsgroup more on-topic by confining the JKop bashing to this
one thread.

So... bash away!

I'm going to be reading the replies, so if there's anything credible
there, I'll be happy to respond!


OK, heres a question. Can you point me to a thread or two for which you
deserve some bashing?

I will:

o http://tinyurl.com/6pu58
o http://tinyurl.com/3vtwb
o http://tinyurl.com/4lfnb
o http://tinyurl.com/4ahkn

I'm sure there are more, but I don't have the time.

The kid needs to grow up, lose his arrogant, obnoxious attitude and
learn responsibility.

In any case, I'm sure he'll look back on his posts in 10 years from
now and laugh (and feel embarrased) at how immature he was back then.

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