Re: In Retrospect.....

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

stevewhite@spammers.are.scum.com (Steve White)

>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>> However, I have to agree with your above statement.  Piracy did
>> contribute to our current situation.  That's how we lost various
>> new software like SoundSmith Pro.  People who think otherwise
>> should take a look at C64...they just got a new OS update from
>> an independent programmer and they're more far gone than we
>> are...
>
>Agreed.
>
>> I'll be the first to say Nathan crossed the line and lost my respect
>> when he started flaming new users...NON-pirates.
>
>Nathan had the idea that newbies should read a FAQ first. I sorta agree,
>though there is no excuse for flaming a newbie. Save those for the
>pirates!

It gets worse than just "Read the FAQ"...Nathan seemed to enjoy
flaming those he could get away with flaming.  If you check
dejanews, he started flaming me after I started a thread about
the possibility of using Commodore 1571 disk drives to read
MS-DOS 5.25" disks on an A2.  First he was like "we don't
need no cheerleading" and "GEOS is a second rate OS"...
then when David Empson and Doug Cotton started posting info
and it seemed that it was technically possible, Nathan really
blew his top.  Notice how he flames even when it has NOTHING
to do with newbies reading his FAQs or piracy.  THAT's crossing
the line (his "read the FAQ" flames already crossed the line,
this is much more offensive).