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Posted by Warren on October 21, 2006, 3:29 am
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Franc Zabkar wrote:
> The problem with John Navas is that he is arrogant, abrasive, and
> dismissive of other people's opinions. That's not to say that his FAQ
> is not an excellent resource.
Both points may be true. Oh, heck, I'll stipulate that both points are
true.
His guide, however, is fairly neutral, personality-wise. So even if he is
an arrogant, abrasive and dismissing person, that has nothing to do with
his guide.
Allowing personality issues to get in the way of admitting that his guide
is a good resource is a personality problem itself. And it appears there
are a couple of people who are suffering from that disorder. And I'd take
advice from a guy who's also known for his arrogance rather than ignore
his input just because a couple of people don't like the guy.
BTW... Most of the time when I read a technical book I haven't had any
exposure to the author personally. Wouldn't it be foolish if I decided
upon the value of what I read based on whether the author has a
personality that rubs me the wrong way? Since when does personality
matter? And if personality matters, then the poster "Kim" that altered
John's post when she quoted it to change the link to something about "bite
me", and then commented, "Ya, right!" doesn't gain anything for
personality, either.
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Warren H.
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Posted by Kim on October 21, 2006, 5:57 pm
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Warren wrote:
> Franc Zabkar wrote:
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> His guide, however, is fairly neutral, personality-wise. So even if he is
> an arrogant, abrasive and dismissing person, that has nothing to do with
> his guide.
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Precisely! That's why I admire him so much. He has nothing to do with
anything yet he claims that he does. Go figure.
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Posted by Kim on October 21, 2006, 5:43 pm
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> The problem with John Navas is that he is arrogant, abrasive, and
> dismissive of other people's opinions.
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No! No! No! The problem with John Navas - whom, I have to admit, only
know through his past postings in the dcom.modem newsgroup - is that he
is John Navas who thinks he knows much and some of you in this group
think he is a god. Neither is right.
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Posted by BillW50 on October 21, 2006, 5:42 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > No! No! No! The problem with John Navas - whom, I have to admit, only
> know through his past postings in the dcom.modem newsgroup - is that
> he is John Navas who thinks he knows much and some of you in this
> group think he is a god. Neither is right.
Ah... one of the computer elite gods, eh? I broke ranks with them back
in the mid 80's I think. And I am so glad I did. :)
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Bill
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Posted by Kim on October 21, 2006, 5:26 pm
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>> John Navas wrote:
>>> Q: How do I get the maximum possible DSL or cable modem speed?
>>> Should I use one of those tweaking programs?
>>> <altered part of quote deleted>
>> Ya, right!
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> John is a professional with some impressive
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Will you please give it up? From past participation in the dcom.modem
newsgroup I got to know how much Navass really knows about modems, let
alone cable modems. NOTHING!
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