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On Saturday 12 January 2008, fire-eyes wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Ciaran Mcreesh - I am very specifically looking at you here. |
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> Very strongly agree with Mr McCreesh (spelling?). While I respect his |
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> technical abilities and contributions, I believe his horrible |
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> attitude, clear trolling and ability to pit devs against each other, |
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> seemingly for fun, is far more harmful. That he wasn't gotten rid of |
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> early on is actually the biggest sign of problems in my eyes. That he |
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> has fans and followers is another. |
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Ciaran seems to suffer from a horrible affliction that is common amongst |
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highly technical people: |
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A poorly developed sense of how to deal with other people coupled with |
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never having realised that people are not machines, do not react like |
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machines and need to be handled differently. You maintain machines by |
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focusing on what is wrong with them and changing that. You handle |
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people by focusing on what they do right and reinforcing that. |
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I used to do what Ciaran does, and I used to do it a *lot*. Lucky for |
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me, one day someone came along with a very big stick and hammered it |
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through my thick skull that there is a better way. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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