Re: Wonder Why...

From:

Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 9 Mar 2011 06:17:20 -0800 (PST)

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On Wednesday, March 9, 2011 1:37:31 PM UTC+1, Lew wrote:

On 03/09/2011 03:27 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:

What's with the weird "reply-to"? This forum isn't part of Google Groups.

Actually it is. Didn't you read the business news "Google takes over Usenet"? :-)) You can see it here

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.java.programmer/dWVAXhHknWE/GBEvSOXCtzkJ

I am just experimenting with the new Google Groups which is a good improvement over the old interface. I assume that they simply provide an email gateway to usenet. Whether the reply-to address works I don't have tested (yet).

markspace wrote:

My preception of folks in software engineering who obfuscate, don't
explain, hide information, etc. are the folks who are least likely to
actually understand what it is they're really doing.

Sadly enough there are many of those around -
OTOH this keeps others busy cleaning up their code and thus keeping their jobs. :-)

That's an optimistic myth. The incompetents in engineering are remarkably
competent at ass-kissing and getting the competent engineers fired or
marginalized.

Everybody is good at /something/. Obviously qualifications lacking in engineering skills are remedied by - err - qualifications in another field of expertise... :-)

And I would rather be programming than cleaning up the incompetents' software
equivalent of diarrhea. There's too much work to be done to artificially and
painfully achieve job security through others' idiocy. We should be writing
the software that's needed and cutting off the hands of people who sabotage
that, not covering for them in some misguided attempt at job security.

Couldn't agree more.

Cheers

robert