Re: Sniping on the List

On Nov 14, 2011, at 12:51 PM, George Langley wrote: > Am concerned over the number of posts that appear to be from people trying to over-inflate > their self-importance. > If you are the world's best coder, then help those of us who aren't. If you happen > to know a better way to do something that I'm struggling with, then please share it. But if you > just want to take pot shots at us, then please keep your comments to yourself. > > To that end, I wish to thank Ashley Sheridan, Daniel P. Brown, Tedd Sperling and Tommy Pham, > to name but just a few of those who have submitted incredibly-helpful posts, that I have kept for > reference. Your contributions are very much appreciated - thanks. > > George Langley > Interactive Developer > George: Over-inflated self importance? That certainly sounds like me. :-) On a serious note, don't be too hash on those who contribute -- keep in mind that in contributing we all learn -- this often includes the contributor as well. Nothing like being proven wrong to humble oneself. For example, I teach this stuff and several times over the course of a semester I have had students ask questions and then question my answers. Then after investigation to find my answer wrong -- now that's humbling, but that's part of the leaning process. So, my recommendation is to take and give what you can and leave judgement of the posters to the general audience -- the truth will win out. Cheers, tedd PS: I know it's not Friday, but this question came up in class yesterday and I thought maybe all of you might like to guess why null is Wednesday? _____________________ tedd@sperling.com http://sperling.com