Since I started this thread, I'll put an end to it. The person mentioned was
fired last week for not being a contributor (team player) and messing up a
few drawings after being told to fix this and that about 14 times by the
boss. We are now enjoying our smaller group, where are are all net
contributors.
Rick
"Ricky M. Medley" wrote in message
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> Well...hehe...
>
> I know this thread is ancient history, but to stir things up a
bit...follow
> this link to the user files.
> news:40198bb6_1@newsprd01...
>
> It seems that you haven't noticed Dean's contributions in this forum.
> Unprofessional??!!...Visiting his web-site may put things into
perspective.
> Good or bad, Dean has contributed. Being so long a contributer to these
> forums he takes forgranted, maybe, that he is amungst a majority of
friends.
> Opinionated or not, his productiveness seems to persevere through his
> opinion.
> The description of a Loner here applies to this gentleman to which he will
> be his own demise. This type of Loner serves no purpose in production...;
> That is the production of additonal knowledge. This is not to confuse the
> high-school loner (which I was), who matures and grows in mind, but is
wary
> of other human interactions. No...this guy would have been more
accurately
> referenced (my opinion), as a loser. We are who we are due to the
combined
> collective sharing of information. This "Loner" is a kink that the
machine
> will work itself out. He will either stay on top by reading forums like
> these and yet still hording information; Or he will flounder due to what
so
> many here have already philosophied. ie., he will be his own demise, or
> success.
>
> We however should take it with a grain of salt. I too, know of one these
> types. I was shocked at first, but he's a fairly sociable guy, so our
> relationship hasn't changed. He still asks, and I still share. I don't
> bother asking him. Woudn't want to be a hypocrite. One day he called me
> from offsite to ask a question, and uncomfortable as he was, he tried to
> find a way to share a shortcut (and it was actually useful). He told me
> that I could switch between drawings using the CTRL+TAB key... Amazingly
> simple, but still, I didn't know it. I was overly thankful to him, and
> probably embarassed him as he quickly asked about my family and tried to
end
> the call.
>
> Facts, are facts; Losers are losers; Loners are loners; Anoying
> opinionated awsome programmers are who they are. Do you hold it against
> them. I can't, because there was a time that I was no better than any/ or
> as good.
>
> See the link, and lighten up.
> news:40198bb6_1@newsprd01...
>
> Ricky M. Medley
> Houston, TX
>
> The original poster
>
> > Gee, the part of the post where Mr. Saadallah expressed his opinion was:
> >
> > "Loners are useless IMHO"
> >
> > Did you miss that? It is my opinion that that attitude is
unprofessional.
>
>