Richard Dobson wrote:

...

> To borrow the subject of another thread: what has happened to this
> group? I thought people here believed in technical correctness,
> answering questions, lets hear it for engineers, etc. So why all this
> stuff? ...

Some very knowledgeable people value sarcasm and look-how-smart-I-am
(wink, wink) comments more. Think of it as the left-handed-monkey-wrench
or let's-amuse-ourselves-by-mocking-newbies syndrome. I was never fond
of those initiation rituals, from either direction.

Jerry
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