On Sun, 15 May 2005 23:11:44 GMT, "tom" wrote:

Why don't you find a newsgroup that is more suitable for you to express your
gushy, emotional opinions about cartoons and nazis? Try
alt.voip.opinions.gushy or somesuch.
This group is for electronics.

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Well, Tom, after having read that retort I went back and read your
rather meager posting history on this group and, frankly, found the
quality of your posts seriously lacking. And, on top of that you've
got an attitude!

Let's look at a few examples, OK?

First example:
In your very first posts, you replied to Mitch's post about his being
able to recover audio from a modulated laser with ridicule and a
curious remark that you didn't have to build it because you _knew_ it
couldn't work. Wrong... It could easily have been made to work, even
if you were too stupid to know that.

Second example:
Nick asked for some help finding some common electrical items and
asked, specifically, not to be directed to Radio Shack. Where did you
send him? Yup. Radio Shack.

Third example:
"mjatas" asked for some help with learning resources. Instead of
directing him sci.electronics.basic and sci.electronics repair (which,
BTW, has an _excellent_ faq) you elected to 'help' him by referring
him to Google. No links, just a smartass post.

Fourth example:
This is a good example of just plain stupidity. You posted:

"Is this newsgroup the place to get technical support for building
pirate FM transmitters from schematics found on the web?"

If it was serious then you should know something about unlicensed
transmitters (you being a ham and all) and what a really dumb post it
was, and if you weren't being serious then it was a troll. And not a
very good one at that.

Fifth and sixth examples:
In one post you state that Samlex makes good power supplies and then,
In your vert next post you proceed with some half-wit diatribe
complaining about how its output sags under load and that you don't
really understand how to even hook up power supplies. How on earth
did you manage to get that ham license?

Seventh example:
In response to Tom Stephens' request for help with a "pet project" you
responded with "What do you need it to do?" LOL, as if it made any
difference.

Are you starting to get the picture? You're really little more than
an annoying windbag who is so ****ing stupid that he can't fathom his
own stupidity. But don't worry, I'll help you get to where you can
get a glimpse of the abyss.

Then there's:

"The pinout diagram on the package the transistors came in turned out
to be wrong --- the issue has been resolved."

Of course it couldn't have been that the diagram was right and you
were wrong? Why don't you scan it and post the scan somewhere so we
can see whether you're as full of **** on that count as you are on
everything else, OK?

Oh, but wait... Make sure it's the original diagram and not something
you'll cook up to make it come out your way.

And, finally, after your pitiful attempts at trolling, you come up
with:

"Why don't you find a newsgroup that is more suitable for you to
express your gushy, emotional opinions about cartoons and nazis? Try
alt.voip.opinions.gushy or somesuch. This group is for electronics."

Aww... Poor baby. What's the matter? Got under your skin a little?
"Free" voip has got you in it's grip and you can't let go and you
don't like being reminded of it? Tough ****. I'll post what I want,
where I want, and when I want, and if you don't like it then take a
hike. Or plonk me, if you know how.

Oh, BTW: This ain't email, so stop making yourself look like an
ignorant asshole with those top posts. Or, at the very least, try to
minimize the damage you've done already.

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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer