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  • K Konstantin Vasserman

    Here is the latest comments from a user (?) of one of the freeware programs that I wrote and distributed for a couple of years to several hundred thousand users: "hey you idiot, make a good program for once, that is at least compatible with Windows XP. I would appreciate if idiots like you werent tought to program or helped by other good programmers who wasted their time on a good for nothing moron like you." I guess, this message goes well with the survey about "Programmer's egos"... :) I am not sure how I feel about it. Sad, I guess... I am not sure how to deal with someone like this ether... Do I ignore him, do I post a polite response or do I go off on the person? What do you think? Thanks.

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    Todd Smith
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    I would ask him what didn't work and if it's reasonable to fix let him know. If he isn't willing to take the time to explain what the problem is then he's just a troll and you can ignore him.

    Todd Smith

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    • realJSOPR realJSOP

      Well, the software is free, so he has no room to bitch. Tell him thanks for the feedback and that you truly appreciate such valuable insight that is as eloquently stated as he has done. Add a smiley at the end - that'll piss him off. Oh yeah, you should include his comments on your web page so that others can see how much he enjoys your software. Now, if only Dundas would only finish their CNukeThatCluelessAsshole class, we'd be in business. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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      ColinDavies
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      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Now, if only Dundas would only finish their CNukeThatCluelessAsshole class, we'd be in business. How would you go about building a CNukeThatCluelessAsshole John, Would it be something like a Denial of service type attack or email flooding or just plain bombing ! Should it work as a group project using authorised drones also and 3rd party servers ? I don't know the law but is it legal ? Because I'd hate to get involved in something illegal. You yanks might believe in the freedom of speech stuff but I believe in the freedom to Nuke nastys. I never signed the SALT II thingy so I suppose I'm exempt! :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

      I live in Bob's HungOut now

      Colin is a big fan of William Goldberg and Frank Tipler and of course Billy Connerly

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      • K Konstantin Vasserman

        Here is the latest comments from a user (?) of one of the freeware programs that I wrote and distributed for a couple of years to several hundred thousand users: "hey you idiot, make a good program for once, that is at least compatible with Windows XP. I would appreciate if idiots like you werent tought to program or helped by other good programmers who wasted their time on a good for nothing moron like you." I guess, this message goes well with the survey about "Programmer's egos"... :) I am not sure how I feel about it. Sad, I guess... I am not sure how to deal with someone like this ether... Do I ignore him, do I post a polite response or do I go off on the person? What do you think? Thanks.

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        Steven Hicks n 1
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        I wouldn't take offence. The person that wrote it has too much time on their hands. If any body is the idiot its them, they can even create the program themsleves. If you are still maintaining the program i would try to get feedback on what to improve if i was you. I have has somepeople email me things like that such as "it will not work on win98" and thats all they said. I developed the program on Win98. Go Figure. -Steven Visit Ltpb.8m.com
        Looking for more tutorials? Ltpb.8m.com/Tutorial
        3D Image Library: Ltpb.8m.com/Image
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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          Well, the software is free, so he has no room to bitch. Tell him thanks for the feedback and that you truly appreciate such valuable insight that is as eloquently stated as he has done. Add a smiley at the end - that'll piss him off. Oh yeah, you should include his comments on your web page so that others can see how much he enjoys your software. Now, if only Dundas would only finish their CNukeThatCluelessAsshole class, we'd be in business. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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          David Cunningham
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          Now, if only Dundas would only finish their CNukeThatCluelessAsshole class, we'd be in business. Somehow I think our team would benefit by having you involved in the design phase... No reason I can put my finger on directly, but I just have this feeling :) David http://www.dundas.com

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          • K Konstantin Vasserman

            Here is the latest comments from a user (?) of one of the freeware programs that I wrote and distributed for a couple of years to several hundred thousand users: "hey you idiot, make a good program for once, that is at least compatible with Windows XP. I would appreciate if idiots like you werent tought to program or helped by other good programmers who wasted their time on a good for nothing moron like you." I guess, this message goes well with the survey about "Programmer's egos"... :) I am not sure how I feel about it. Sad, I guess... I am not sure how to deal with someone like this ether... Do I ignore him, do I post a polite response or do I go off on the person? What do you think? Thanks.

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            billb2112
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            The guys an idiot and you're not ... why waste your time? You're obviously productive, why expel precious energy on this useless turd? It will serve no purpose.

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            • J James Spibey

              <rant> I would personally respond with an 'updated' version of your program which purports to fix the bug running under XP. Instead, it would contain a virus to fuck his computer up big style. A bit harsh maybe but I've been in this situation before and it *really* annoys me when I've sweated blood over a piece of software which I have given away for free and people rudely complain when it doesn't do what they expect it to. Kinda like when people complain about inaccuracies in the articles here - are they forgetting that this stuff is all free and people are only doing this to help them. </rant> James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2

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              Steven Hicks n 1
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              I would do the same, but... the user would keep sending you more messages like it, and would post it somewhere else. I agree that they should be thankful for the software thats free. -Steven Visit Ltpb.8m.com
              Looking for more tutorials? Ltpb.8m.com/Tutorial
              3D Image Library: Ltpb.8m.com/Image
              Surf the web faster than ever: http://www.404Browser.com

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              • D David Cunningham

                Now, if only Dundas would only finish their CNukeThatCluelessAsshole class, we'd be in business. Somehow I think our team would benefit by having you involved in the design phase... No reason I can put my finger on directly, but I just have this feeling :) David http://www.dundas.com

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                realJSOP
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                I've been trying for a couple of days, but I think my class hierarchy is problematic. Everytime I try to derive a new class from CClueless and CAsshole. I think it's a mixture of namespace issues (it seems that CSphincter and CAnalPore are abstract classes with identical but differentiated quasi-static callback functions), and Microsoft's tendancy to abstract most of the class' functionality through a dense intertwining set of macros, constants, and obscure STL code. Add all of that to the fact that it's a damn COM object with an undisclosed interface, and we're talkin a major crapload of work. On the positive side, a quick phone call to Microsoft has confirmed (at least for me) the possibility of them improving the help files and extending this COM object into it's own full-fledged next-generation framework that they're tentatively calling ".BUTT". "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                • D David Wulff

                  No way. I made the mistake a few months back of paying to much attention to you guys when BBNO was first dreamt up. "Yes David", "Go on David", "It will be fun". Yeah Right. An entire week of very little real work being done purely for two and a half minutes of absolute drivel! Then of course there was the web site http://www.davidwulf.co.uk/bob. 'nuff said about that. In fact, the only worthwhile thing to come out of all this was the Bill SerGio animation. :omg: ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg

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                  moliate
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                  I must say that I'm a bit new on CP, but what is this BOB-thing? Does it have anything to do with Church of the Subgenius? :confused: :confused: :confused: /moliate /moliate

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                    I must say that I'm a bit new on CP, but what is this BOB-thing? Does it have anything to do with Church of the Subgenius? :confused: :confused: :confused: /moliate /moliate

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                    David Wulff
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                    Not quite! Although Bob almost hgad a religious folowing for a while (the bob-mania seems to have dies down now). Bob is tyhat little green guy peering out at you from the top of the page: :bob:. He has even stared in a feature film named Bob's Big Night Out. You can find out more about Bob - including a full life history - and view the movie at the Bob Lovers Anonymous website. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves" - August Strindberg

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                    • C ColinDavies

                      Konstantin Vasserman wrote: Do I ignore him, do I post a polite response or do I go off on the person? How dare he do that to a CPian ! Konstantin, Just Send me his email ! If he has used remailers Cheif Inspector Wluff can track him down ! And I'll personally have someone visit him for you ! :-) But seriously the moment you release a program in any from expect abuse. I released an ultra Kewl and useful program on CNET a couple of years ago and the only payment I asked for was a preformatted thankyou letter "if they desired" to be sent and I got more abuse than thankyous :-((( So I haven't released anymore Freeware ! Regardz Colin J Davies

                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                      I live in Bob's HungOut now

                      Colin is a big fan of William Goldberg and Frank Tipler

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                      Steven Hicks n 1
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                      I am suprised that i have not been sent any abusive mail about 404Browser (404Browser's website) And its a freeware browser. All i have recieved is emails that people don't respond back after my reply and one virus i didn't open. -Steven Visit Ltpb.8m.com
                      Looking for more tutorials? Ltpb.8m.com/Tutorial
                      3D Image Library: Ltpb.8m.com/Image
                      Surf the web faster than ever: http://www.404Browser.com

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                      • K Konstantin Vasserman

                        Here is the latest comments from a user (?) of one of the freeware programs that I wrote and distributed for a couple of years to several hundred thousand users: "hey you idiot, make a good program for once, that is at least compatible with Windows XP. I would appreciate if idiots like you werent tought to program or helped by other good programmers who wasted their time on a good for nothing moron like you." I guess, this message goes well with the survey about "Programmer's egos"... :) I am not sure how I feel about it. Sad, I guess... I am not sure how to deal with someone like this ether... Do I ignore him, do I post a polite response or do I go off on the person? What do you think? Thanks.

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                        Christian Graus
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                        I'd be tempted to go 'Outlaw Programmer' on him, but I'd probably end up just politely offering him a refund (yes, I mean that in irony, I know it was free), and accept full blame for failing to test your program on OS's that had not been released at the time. Then I'd sign him up to a ton of mailing lists, post with his name to some pr0n newsgroups so that he got onto some serious spam lists, and make every future free program I wrote require users to enter their name locally, so that if he ever downloaded anything from me again, a message came up to say how much you hate him and how the contents of his hard drive are now vapour. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001

                        Sonork ID 100.10002:MeanManOz

                        I live in Bob's HungOut now

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