Re: . . . Solutions <read this><YIKES>

Ya'll mellow out.

<best Vinson Price imitation>
The List Mom will see no humor in this thread. Beware the list Mom.
</best Vinson Price imitation>

The bottom line here is that we are all here to share information. If we
keep pissin and moanin, Mom is going to Nuke somebody. That that subtracts
from the good of all - regardless of who's "mouth" is silenced.

As I mentioned in one of the first replies to this thread (remember, I
added the "read this" to the subject originally) I knew exactly where Brian
was coming from. Although I do NOT know Brian.

While I can not speak for Brian specifically I can tell you this, because
it is also part of my story. Because it is also my story, and you'll know
me - I'll also promise to try and keep it brief.

Some folks balance well. They can leave home at home, they can leave work
at work. They can get completely into their area of 'expertise' AND
soccer/tennis/socializing . . . whatever.

Some people don't balance *some things* so well.

Take work for example. Well, not exactly ~work~ but, their area of
expertise or focus. Some of us completely and totally dissolve ourselves in
whatever we are currently contemplating. When that area is technology - and
especially micro-computers -  and you are dissolved in the world you can
easily become lost in the world. That's not so bad. Some remarkable
achievements can come from this. The bad part is that we "forget" that
computers are "black and white" they are "on and off" they are "right or
they are screwed". Because we talk, think and act computers as a function
of our very lives, we subconsciously begin to treat The World (and our
peers) like they were computers too. You don't ~need~ to be nice to a
computer. I'll admit to dropping a quarter in the floppy drive a time or
two trying to bribe the damned thing to work - but that was quickly
followed by a swift and usually VIOLENT kick out the side door if it
didn't. You get arrested if you try that with a human. I know now.

We loose perspective. We become the machine. Think about it: When was the
last time a computer crashed politely for you?

Personally, I'm not going to apologize for it. I am ~known by reputation~
to be real damned good at what I do, and I wouldn't be if I couldn't become
the machine when no one else could, or would. However. And this is a really
really big however folks:

Due to the patience and guidance by example of many of the members
currently on this list I have learned to temper my replies (ok, well -
usually) with just a touch of honey. Hey, I'll admit, at first I looked at
it as my good deed for the day and I was 100% socially unacceptable the
balance of the time, but after while it got easier.

You know what I found out?

Sometimes Ted is so right it hurts. Just kidding, Ted. 

Seriously, I found out that some of these folks who were so easily upset
could sometimes teach me something. I learned that if I talked nice to them
they share more/better information. They're plenty smart enough - they're
just . . . delicate!

You know what else I learned? I'm still learning it and seeing it every day
. . . 

They began to listen to me too. I taught them something - I'm really not a
complete ass (just the Irish part).

I have also learned that on average, a Compaq will bounce twice ~less~ than
a MAC will on cement. Go figure.

Mellow out folks - or we all loose.
Fuzzy.
<awaiting Mom's vengeance for the ~long~ off topic post>

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