Re: FLASH: No more demo FLAs

[dk]

OK... I'm not trying to start anything here... this is just my thought....


big difference here... I doubt that "foo bar" was invented or written by the

Lisp community..... and it is actually supposed to be "fubar" a US military

term meaning "F@## ed up beyond any recognition"...

and is quite common in all areas of speach....


In Branden's case he DID write the code, and it was his work....

[so I assume Branden... ;-)  ]


I'm sure if it was your work that was being plagiarised, you would feel the

same as Branden...

And he has been more than generous with his time and examples...as have many

others on this list...


So asking for a little credit, where credit is due... I see no issues with

that... and to top it off.. in the code as opposed to a visual (as we all

know this doesn't always work)... again.. more than fair.


If Branden doesn't want to post full working examples... well that is his

choice...


So before this becomes a true "fubar" let's get back to flash.


Again.. only my opinion.... and probably not worth much!


See ya'!



-dk-



----- Original Message -----

From: "William Skyvington" <

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Sent: February 5, 2000 12:21 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: No more demo FLAs



> As a former member of the Lisp community, I'm shocked by a case of

> flagrant plagiarism in the first issue of the epistle entitled

> "Branden's Brain". At one point, the author expresses himself as

> follows:

>

>    Let's say you have some code in the movie clip instance named FOO

>    and you want to talk to the movie clip instance named BAR.

>

> When I read this prose, my heart stopped beating for a few

> milliseconds. This rude newbie guy named Branden is stealing

> outrageously our good old "foo bar" LispTalk, and applying it

> stupidly to the geekless Flash ActionScript world, and he's not even

> acknowledging his affinities. Strike him down! What an ugly intruder!

> I'm glad I've captured an image of his tiny brain, so that I can zap

> him out of existence if ever he dares to raise his mindless

> complaints, once again, about being ripped off....

>

> I would have been happy if Branden had said "fool" instead of "foo",

> and "bad" instead of "bar". That would have put him into perspective,

> without offending our old-time Lispers.

>

> Another minor but relevant detail. It's a fact that our innocent

> Branden, who may know how to write code (?), doesn't know how to

> write good English prose.

>

> He might be quiet for a while...

>

>

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