Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 09/06/05 02:06

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, TheWebJunkie@webtv.net wrote:

> Okay, I know when I'm licked.

You know, we usually discuss things with each other here, and reach
a reasoned conclusion. It's not about people being "licked", but about
reaching an appropriate answer about some problem.

> Do not take this the wrong way, but do you know what I think? (I know
> you do not *care* what I think, but that is not what I asked.) I think
> that you guys are experts in html, but you don't know a damn about cgi
> programming.

You suddenly pop up and assert that to (amongst others) the editor of
record of the CGI section of the Perl FAQ? I've no idea what you hope to
gain by this nonsense - especially as the topic of the CGI hadn't actually
been raised before??

> The original poster asked an off-topic question, so the
> only way you could appear intelligent was to turn it into a
> character-standards issue.

Excuse me, but it was *you* - specifically, exactly, and only *you* - who
turned this into a character standards issue, when you could not resist
posting this piece of nonsense:

|| An aside to Jukka: there *is* an ascii character for "registered
|| trademark [...]

The original poster asked something which, despite all the discussion,
still seems to be an incomprehensible question, without further detail
which the O.P has not chosen to supply. We still don't know what the
original question meant, but this part of your contribution really hasn't
helped to illuminate it, I'm afraid.

There's hope for you yet, if you'd just give up this idea that this is
about getting "licked", and join the discussion in a more co-operative
frame. Have fun.

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