Re: Disgruntled would-be user

>>>>> "MLH" == Magnus Lie Hetland <[email protected]> writes:

    MLH> Prabhu Ramachandran <[email protected]>:
    MLH> [snip]
    >> So, here is a person who is evidently in anger (and therefore
    >> behaves like a complete jackass), can't spell, is incompetent
    >> to help with the project and is stupid enough to hurt the
    >> person who tried to the make the world a better place.  Do you
    >> really value the opinion of such a person?

    MLH> No, you're perfectly right. I guess the problem is that it's
    MLH> so easy to assume that other people agree with him -- so it's
    MLH> very nice to hear such encouraging words. Thanks! (To all of
    MLH> you.)

I completely understand your point.  I also find it hard to digest
when someone says something that is completely asinine.  I often
assume that it is me who is wrong.  Sometimes one tends to think,
maybe everyone I know is nice to me.  Perhaps the reality is that I
have failed (or some such depressing thing).  But there comes a time
when you *have* to *judge* the statement and not accept it as truth.
Its hard (atleast it is for me) but I guess just requires a lot of
training.  It is also true that sane people sometimes make asinine
remarks.  Life is complex!

So, I'll repeat what Laura has said so well.  You do a terrific job,
even if you fail, even if projects are never completed, you generate
great ideas and do spend heck of a lot of time on the project.  It
can't be helped if things don't turn out well.  Its life.  If some
angry person can't see that he/she had better grow up.

    >> p.s. I was surprised by the small print in the Atox
    >> announcement.  I now understand the reason.

    MLH> Yeah. A bit paranoid, I suppose. I actually added that after

Also completely understandable!  So please don't be so hard on
yourself. :)

    MLH> a previous posting on comp.lang.python, where the reaction to
    MLH> my first Atox announcement was: "Oh, great, another project
    MLH> for MLH to abandon."

Some people ought to have the sentences "OSS developers usually do
this in their spare time" and "if I can't help the project the least I
can do is shut my trap" burnt into their heads.  ;-)

    MLH> Oh, well. I recently took a test to determine my "strengths",
    MLH> and was surprised that several of the things I had thought
    MLH> about as weaknesses came up. For example, my ability to be
    MLH> fascinated by new things -- as opposed to my inability to
    MLH> finish things... It's all a matter of perspective, I suppose
    MLH> :)

True.  Everything is relative and ephemeral, indeed.  Perhaps we take
ourselves (and the random statements of others) too seriously
sometimes. :)

cheers,
prabhu


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