Re: No CD of Asimov

[dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)]

Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:

: >Brother, you said it.  This is something only programmers can comprehend.
: >I can only assume that Nathan is not a programmer, of if he is, he's
: >only fooling himself (and trying to include us in his charade).

:    Oh, I'm not a programmer, am I? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHO
: I AM? Take a look at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/njmgssoft.html and
: tell me that the megabytes of source code I've created are nothing
: more than a figment of my imagination. Tell me that the *PUBLISHED*

No thanks.  If I wanted to look at ugly code I'd disassemble Windows 95.

: programs I've written never went out. Tell me that the Bachelor of
: Science degree I earned from the California Institute of Technology
: for Engineering & Applied Science with an emphasis in Computer Science
: came from too mant underwater basketweaving classes. Tell Dave Lyons
: and company at Apple that the bugs I found in GS/OS don't exist. Tell
: my boss where I'm working that I have a *very* good video tape demoing
: Ten Pin Alley for the Sega Saturn on the TV at my desk, and that the
: footage was ripped from elsewhere.

What a tool.  Shall I post my resume too?  Will that make me cool as
well?  Tell me how to be cool Nathan because, by golly, I want to be
cool too!!

:    You're a damn fool if you can just walk in and start saying things
: without checking the facts. But, since you lost the war about Asimov's
: legality, all you can do it try personal attacks. In the words of so
: many Basketball commentators, your attack on my programming expertise
: has been DEEEE-NIED.

Lost what war?  You can't even finish a battle!  WHAT ABOUT MY FOLLOW-UP
MESSAGE THAT SHREDDED YOUR ARGUMENTS TO TINY INSIGNIFICANT PIECES OF
SO MUCH BRAIN LITTER?  Until you can at least defend your views, don't
talk to *ME* about losing battles and such crap.  It doesn't take any
skill to simply declare yourself the "winner".  The only moron you're
going to fool with that tactic is yourself.

:    I *AM* a programmer. You must have me mistaken with someone who
: doesn't give a damn. I have the right to do what I want with my
: programs. Some I release as Freeware, others get sold. That's a nice
: little *choice* I and/or whomever funded the software get to
: make. Maybe in your world, programmers get no choice in what happens.
: However, I exist, am real, and will continue to be in your face until
: you get a clue as to how this world operates.

Nathan, you may "program", but you sure as hell are not a "programmer" as
we are describing within this context.  This is obvious as you are just
not getting it.  You are simply too consumed with your own avarice and 
self-righteous opinions to comprehend the spirit of the art of
programming.  Despite all your skill, you are still just a puny little
man with a complex.  You need to get laid, buddy.

Until you can own up to your arguments, I don't want to hear another
peep out of you with regards to myself.  Until you can prove you've
never violated any of the virtues which you are currently ranting about,
I don't want to hear another peep out of you with regards to this
matter.  And until you can act in a civil manner towards your fellow
Apple II users who are trying to peacefully convene in this
newsgroup to share their cherished hobby, I don't want to want to hear
another peep out of you.  Period.

If you can't play nice, then just like Asimov, there are legal ways of
getting rid of you too.  Don't push me.  This is not a threat, this is
a reality.

Thank you Mr. Mates.  Be good now :)


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Sam
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