[SDL] .NET framework? What the hell?!

[David Olsen]

Leo,
OT means Off-Topic, which is just what my next comment will demonstrate:
I remember when I was young, and my sister would monopolize the computer by 
playing tetris all the time, which drove me crazy. She was not at all 
computer savvy, but I was, so I created a batch file with the same name as 
her .exe, that displayed a message like "You have played Tetris too many 
times. To reactivate this game please send $20 to ..."(some made up name). 
So, she stopped playing! Ha! I told her some weeks down the road, and she 
was so mad...
See, OT!
-Dave Olsen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo M. Cabrera" <leo28c at gmail.com>
To: <mkh at pl.jaring.my>; "A list for developers using the SDL library. 
(includes SDL-announce)" <sdl at lists.libsdl.org>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [SDL] .NET framework? What the hell?!


> Roger then, I'm sorry for wasting your time... really, I feel ashamed
> because I always do the same thing. :-/
>
> I'll try and find those articles and read them, I didn't want to get
> anyone mad...
>
> And for the virus thing; that was just a fun period, I didn't release
> them or anything, plus they didn't work correctly... xD
>
> Again, I'm sorry, I'll try to do better next time. ;-)
>
> PS: What's an 'OT'?
>
>
> Kein-Hong Man wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> [this is becoming a little OT, sorry, I hope it doesn't drag on
>> for too long]
>>
>> BTW Leo, your computer's date and time seems to be incorrectly set.
>>
>> Next, carefully read these rather well-known articles:
>> (1) ESR, How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> (2) Simon Tatham, How to Report Bugs Effectively
>>
>> Leo M. Cabrera wrote:
>>
>>>> Heh, yeah, seriously.  Dunno how many times I've seen random
>>>> posts to this list:  "SDL doesn't do XYZ!"  or  "SDL is broken!", when
>>>> it's working fine for countless others :)
>>>>
>>> I'm not saying SDL is broken, when I say "I don't know how to fix it" I
>>> mean "I don't know how to make it do what I want do do". Get it? :-P
>>>
>>
>> It would help your cause better if you ask humbly and honestly. If
>> you have been lurking, you would have noticed that people on the
>> list do offer suggestions or help. Please learn to post nicely and
>> clearly, otherwise no one will help. Don't be shy and don't be too
>> proud; remember, all of us have also started from zero once upon a
>> time. We have done our share of blunders too.
>>
>>
>>>> It is better to provide details of what you actually did, e.g.
>>>> command lines calls, a minimal example of the program source in
>>>> question, error messages, libraries used, etc.
>>>>
>>> Nah, that's okay, I'm not quite ready for C++ yet...  I'll keep doing it
>>> in Lua and C# for now*. Thanks though. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> You are posturing. In the original post, you said, "... plain old
>> C SDL game...", yet here you are talking about C++, Lua and C#.
>> There is no need to prove anything here; we are here to talk about
>> SDL issues.
>>
>> For most of us, computer languages are just tools to be used; we
>> don't have religious preferences. By posting confusing statements
>> and withholding information, people cannot help you, and they will
>> rightly conclude that you are just wasting everyone's time -- 
>> which is hardly a good way to participate in a list like this.
>>
>>
>>>> "What the hell?" is really unnecessary; people might not want to
>>>> help such a person who says things like that when the problem is
>>>> with a serious lack of knowledge on the part of the speaker.
>>>>
>>> Probably most of the people on this list are professional programmers
>>> with many years of experience; I just have like... 4? 5?  And I started
>>> making cheap viruses in DOS Batch, and I don't know when I started with
>>> C++ or other "real" languages, so bear with me. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> People on the list don't care about experience -- there is no
>> "mine is bigger than yours" childishness on this list. As for what
>> they do care about, please read the two articles above, then if
>> you mend your ways, I'm sure people on the list will be more than
>> willing to help.
>>
>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>
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