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Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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Date: 
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:21:00 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tim Courtney writes:
"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]

Scott,

Was there any point to your response, other than scoring a cheap shot?

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?

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 LUGNET. :-)



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.

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.

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.

OK, just tell me what the party line is and I'll make a point of never
questioning it.

Scott A

--

Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com

http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance

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  Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
 
(...) OK. One more time. Let's all remember this, the offical party line is: Send me all your Lego pieces. There, that should do it. Let's party. -- Terry (the Critical Sycophant) K -- (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
 
"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G0qIz0.MGG@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) to (...) pointless (...) No worries, Scott. That's how I saw [your post] at least, not to say that others didn't see it differently. And yes, there are many (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G0qAoF.I02@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) question (...) Why are you making a personal attack on Steve when he made a valid observation on your comments? (...) common (...) all (...) Sure, deadlines (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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