Re: P: Tim - Real coding skill

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Gremlin wrote:
> Snit <brock.m...@gmail.com> news:Dy7BN.251052$yEgf....@fx09.iad
> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:01:39 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:
>
>> On Feb 20, 2024 at 12:20:41â\u20ac¯PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote
>> <XnsB11E91...@cF04o3ON7k2lx05.lLC.9r5>:
>>
>>> T i m <ete...@spaced.me.uk> news:uqpq3o$aqfc$1...@dont-email.me Sat, 17
>>> Feb 2024 08:17:59 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 17/02/2024 07:45, Gremlin wrote:
>>>>> Hi Tim!
>>>>
>>>> Hi <whateveryourrealnameis>!
>>>
>>> It's Dustin. My real name isn't a secret, Tim...
>>
>> But you did blur out your house on Google Maps.
>
> Taking Davids word for anything is just as stupid as taking yours for
> anything at face value, snit. The home owner has to be the one to contact
> the great and powerful google, according to the process. That I had to
> lookup, because, I've never done it before? so I didn't even know how you'd
> go about doing it in the first place. And, I am not that individual. Not for
> that address, anyway. :)
>
>> But you also told me in public writing I could share
>> your number -- and then freaked out when I did.
>
> What I specifically told you that you could share was your caller ID log,
> snit. At no time did I give you permission to share the 'number' I *gave you
> over voice during the course of our conversation* - Why do you use such
> oddball/odd duck terms on usenet? freak out, ran away, lost it, etc? Do you
> really think you're convincing anyone who can think in a logical manner that
> you are something, anything really at this point right?, other than what
> you've already shown yourself to be here and elsewhere?
>
>>>> <so snip the rest unread>
>>>
>>> That's okay, snit. Uhh, I mean Tim.
>>
>> You get confused easily.
>
> ROFL. You need to learn to read for comprehension. I didn't make any
> mistakes there. It was an intentional reference to your well known and
> documented behavior. Tim, the poor sod, seems to have some of the same
> issues as yourself.
>
>> Projection.
>
> Nope. You're the fucking king of that, Snit.
>
>> Where did he say he was an expert?
>
> :) If I'm not mistaken, he does have a few certs under his belt. I do
> believe he's a CompTIA Instructor, if I'm not mistaken. Well, we have
> something in common there. I've had my Comptia A+ certification (which is
> still active status AND grandfathered) for 24 years? I think it is now, this
> coming June.
>
>> You are the one who repeatedly says
>> you are and pretends you are not a peer of others... your ego.
>
> In the specific context that I've been using the word, Snit, you and I are
> not peers; But Apd, Ftr, and myself, are. I know, that irks you to no end;
> but it's the truth. It has nothing to do with any ego on my end, it's a
> simple fact that you aren't a peer of mine in the technical field. For
> whatever reason, you had just enough interest in tech to make a living?
> teaching? those who know and understand even less about it than you do.
> Basically, you're on par with Tim. He's a peer of yours, but, I'm not. He
> obviously needs Apds assistance and there's no issue with that, but, I
> don't.
>
> I really don't understand how either of you actually taught others, though.
> I really don't. How do you teach others material that you yourself, do not,
> understand? Please, explain to me how that is done. I really do not know how
> either of you did it. I can only go by what the two of you have written here
> to myself and others.
>
> Tim mentioned ripping cds into mp3s I think? Would be an interesting
> discussion. I'd be curious what software he used to rip, and the specific
> codec he selected to do the encoding. Such little details do matter, if your
> goal is to get the most accurate sound as you possibly can from the mp3. The
> original wav has to be mint for example. It's easy to think you got a good
> rip, only to have cracks, pops, missing audio, due to poor actual ripping.
> How did he deal with the audio cds which had been modified to prevent
> ripping? Some had trouble playing at all in cdroms (they were multi session,
> but done with invalid track data layout or a bad index table, intended to
> fuck with, confuse, and eventually cause a computer desktop cdrom to abort
> with cd read failure). What did he do with the Sony cds, if he ripped any,
> that actually had a windows friendly (fucking rootkit!) on them? Just get
> his gear jacked and taken over?
>
> You've both been around a long time, there's no way neither of you know
> anything about what I shared. Not if you've been in tech of any sort for as
> long as you want everyone here to think, anyway.
>
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