rec.autos.simulators

There is a difference between constructive criticism and childish
whining.  There is a difference between an exchange of ideas and
egocentric yammering.  There is a difference between logical evaluation
and uneducated opinion.  The general appearance of the activity in this
newsgroup is a testament to the failure of the American education system
and another indication of the poor parenting skill of my generation.

Far too much content consists of whining by "gamers" with junk equipment
or good equipment they have trashed; whining by people who never wrote
even a simple BASIC program for a Z-80 and yet have the audacity to
expect perfection from everyone else.  Whining begets flaming and
flaming begets more flaming.  

When you post to a public forum, why not strive toward a higher standard
of conduct.  Strive to be the sage, not the smart-ass.  In your
communications, the idea is the thing.  If you are trying to impress us
with your knowledge, your position, or your cuteness, you will do just
the opposite.  Should things continue as they are in r.a.s., the very
people we need to communicate with will abandon the group, and at that
point whiners and flamers will have only each other to impress.

Of course that's just my opinion and I may be wrong.  Screw it, who
wants pie?

ra

  I have a problem with the line of reasoning that says " if you can't
program it, you can't complain about it". Appreciation for the complexity
of  software programming  is nice but not a prerequisite to determine
whether it works as advertised. Morgan Shepherd probably can't explain the
math behind "drag coefficiency" but it doesn't keep him from being a
Winston Cup driver. Similarly, I don't need a degree in the culinary
arts to figure out that my burger tastes like crap.

   You are right, the idea is the thing. If you want polished, flowing
prose there are many other places to get it. Here, us common people
with maybe more emotion than literary talent get to voice our opinion.
And sometimes it's rough. Ignore it or get what you can from it. I
wouldn't rail against it, though. Whining is what makes change, whether
it be the Kings' english or the paupers drawl.

  perfect perilepsis..:)

regards,
Greg
Gavel on Hawa...oh hell, every.stinkin..where

Jay

Well put, but trying to reason with some of the slower minded and immature
people in this newsgroup is useless.  You might as well read the whole
dictionary to a newborn and then quiz them over it.  In either case the
only response you will get is "waaaaaaaaa".

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Brian Fox
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Stress - That confusion created when one's mind overrides the bodies basic
desire
to ***the living s**t out of some a**hole who desperately needs it.

<good post snipped, so I could get to the better part>
: Of course that's just my opinion and I may be wrong.  Screw it, who
: wants pie?

Strawberry-rhubarb?! :-)

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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 Well stated...However, the people this was pointed at probably don't understand what you just
said.

Mike