On Jul 16, 2007, at 17:05 , Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 07:49:16AM +0900, Ryan Davis wrote: >> >> On Jul 15, 2007, at 09:26 , Chad Perrin wrote: >> >>> Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something like >>> RDoc is >>> available, library developers are disallowed from producing good >>> documentation? I'm constantly frustrated by the fact that many >>> libraries >>> figure a skeleton map of available methods constitutes >>> "documentation". >> >> Is there some kind of rule that states that, when something is freely >> made available to the public, the users are disallowed from being >> polite? I'm constantly frustrated by the fact that many users figure >> a scathing comment in IRC or a mail to ruby-talk constitutes >> "constructive criticism". > > Is there some kind of rule that states that everyone who takes note of > what I said has to blow it out of proportion, assign intent to it that > wasn't present, and generally try to put words in my mouth? The above is a direct quote of yours, so I didn't put words in your mouth. I found it snide and rude because _it_is_snide_ so I didn't blow it out of proportion. At worst, I could be guilty of assigning intent, except, it really was your intent to be snide, wasn't it? That seems plain as day to the rest of us. snide |snトォd| |snaノェd| |snハ庫ェd| adjective 1 derogatory or mocking in an indirect way : "snide remarks about my mother." 窶「 (of a person) devious and underhanded : "a snide divorce lawyer." snide adjective "at his final snide comment, she slapped him across the face" disparaging, derogatory, deprecating, denigratory, insulting, contemptuous; mocking, taunting, sneering, scornful, derisive, sarcastic, spiteful, nasty, mean.