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Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:44:03 GMT
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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G0qAoF.I02@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Steve Bliss writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott A wrote:
> >
> > [snipped one-liner]
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> > Scott,
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> > Was there any point to your response, other than scoring a cheap shot?
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> Yes, I thought I'd get it in early before all the sycophants woke up. Do • you
> always point out pointless posts, or is it just that I have dared to • question
> the great one?
Why are you making a personal attack on Steve when he made a valid
observation on your comments?
> > My take on Brad's latest posting is this: it's common for technical
> > projects (new software, new web pages, etc) to run late. It's also • common
> > for the persons in charge of such projects to gloss over, or ignore
> > outright, such glitches. Consumers are usually left hanging.
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> A deadline is a deadline. When I am expected to meet a deadline, I do. We • all
> do. My boss expects me to anticipate glitches - not react to them.
Sure, deadlines exist, but problems do arise, sometimes even beyond what we
anticipate for errors. Give the man some slack - he's EXTREMELY busy and he
gave us all a lot of respect by coming out and telling us about the delay.
I think that we've come a long ways from even a few weeks ago when people
(myself included) became disgruntled. You're setting too high of
expectations and merely waiting for the slightest slip up from Brad and LD.
> > I was very encouraged that Brad took the time to post a *public* message,
> > updating us all on the status of things. This is a very good sign, IMO.
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> I remain sceptical.
What you're doing is remaining a thorn in the side of a dedicated group of
people who are trying to do _you_ a service.
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
ICQ: 23951114
AIM: TimCourtne
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| (...) I thought he was expressing disatisfaction with Lego in general. I don't entirely agree with him, but I thought the cheap shot was the above response. (...) In my judgment Steve made the personal attack. It's nice that a Lego representative is (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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| (...) Sorry, I did not mean to have my comments construed as a personal attack. I 100% accept that my post was rather pointless, my reply to Steve was meant to be a rhetorical question which infers that my post was not the only pointless one on (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Yes, I thought I'd get it in early before all the sycophants woke up. Do you always point out pointless posts, or is it just that I have dared to question the great one? (...) A deadline is a deadline. When I am expected to meet a deadline, I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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