Importing/exporting data with carriage returns (I Think)

Mon Aug 28 12:11:23 PDT 2017

I give this a  TEN

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Mike Fedkiw via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> Regardless of the help I may need you are the last person that I would
> ever consider paying to help me with your demeanor. In my previous
> statement I was only giving an example of what a normal(NOT YOU) person
> might have done, that's all.
>
> Why is this seeming familiar, could that be because I'm now remembering
> some back and fourth between you and myself similar to this a while back,
> yea...
>
> I've never had an issue with anyone on this list other than you Mark,
> imagine that. I'm always courteous and try to let everyone know that I'm
> appreciative of whatever help I was able to get here. NEVER have I dealt
> with crap like I'm see coming from you so I suppose that makes you stand
> out if that's what you're looking for.
>
> You are such an A$$ Mark, but have a nice day anyway.
>
> Mike
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> On 8/26/2017 7:45 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>
>> That's your second mistake with me in one day.  You're not really quick on
>> the uptake, are you?
>>
>> FOR THE SECOND TIME:  You have zero say in what I offer or do not offer
>> you
>> on this list.  I don't really give a damn what you feel would have been
>> nice.  You're not paying me to be nice.  You're not paying me for
>> anything.
>> If I'm on the clock with a paying customer, offlist, I'll be as nice to
>> the
>> person paying me as you could ask.  If I'm not being paid, and I'm simply
>> offering help in a public venue, for free, you get whatever I feel like
>> at that moment.  You're not entitled to make demands of any sort unless
>> there's a formal arrangement which specifies that you do.  I'm not sure
>> where people get this entitled attitude from, but it doesn't fly with me.
>>
>> If I were interested in taking you on, I'd have responded offlist, as I've
>> done with others.  I specifically -don't- want to take you on, as you
>> sound
>> like a tremendously bad ROI time-sink, based on your messages here.  I've
>> lost track of how many people have been helping you, and you're still at
>> it, with no end in sight.  No thanks.  Pass.  I tried to help you within
>> reasonable constraints and boundaries, but you don't even respect that.
>> Again, pass.
>>
>> mark->
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 07:12:45PM -0400, Mike Fedkiw thus spoke:
>>
>>> I certainly understand that this help forum is a free place to gain
>>> a bit of help at times but if you read my posts I also indicated
>>> that I would much rather be paying someone to help me out instead of
>>> spending hours of time that I really don't have either trying to
>>> figure this out on my own.
>>>
>>>
>>> What might have been nice is a reply like this to my initial post...
>>>
>>> "Mike, if you're interested in getting this done fairly quickly, I
>>> can certainly help you out. Send an email to (________ at fairlite.com)
>>> with an outline of exactly what you're needing and I'll reply with
>>> my rates and an estimated  time frame for your project.
>>>
>>> m"
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead of replying the way you did if you didn't want to give any
>>> further information, you could have simply not replied.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/26/2017 2:52 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, my keyboard is acting up again and dropping letters.  I should
>>>> probably replace it with the spare I bought a year ago for this
>>>> eventuality.  However, it's the weekend, and I can't be arsed.
>>>>
>>>> Apologies for the typos.  I was too pissed off to proofread more
>>>> thoroughly.
>>>>
>>>> m->
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:47:54PM -0400, Fairlight via Filepro-list
>>>> thus spoke:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 02:36:05PM -0400, Mike Fedkiw thus spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>>>     I appreciate all the help I've been able to get from people
>>>>>> replying to
>>>>>>     my posts on here. Please understand though, I only write a few
>>>>>> things
>>>>>>     in filepro for my own company. So making statements like this
>>>>>> Just pretend I never said anything which might actually help you,
>>>>>> that all
>>>>>> you will ever have or use are tools to which you've already been
>>>>>> exposed,
>>>>>> and that you don't need to do any research of moderate depth on your
>>>>>> own in
>>>>>> order to solve -your- problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I don't think is very fair and certainly not helpful in any way.
>>>>>> If I
>>>>>>     have no clue what all this Linux, perl, tr, sed, \001, \007 are
>>>>>> why not
>>>>>>     try and help me out, I thought that was what this was for???
>>>>>>
>>>>> I -did- try to help you out.  It was apparently beyond your
>>>>> understanding.
>>>>> Going further than that exceeds the scope of what I'm willing to do
>>>>> gratis
>>>>> on this list.  I'm available for contract at my normal hourly rates,
>>>>> if you
>>>>> really want/need an in-depth explanation from the ground up.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's one of the things that really pisses me off about certain
>>>>> communities.  "Oh, my tools let me do -wonders- without having to
>>>>> really
>>>>> understand anything about what I'm doing, the principles involved, or
>>>>> the
>>>>> systems upon which I run!"  So they're suddenly God, because they can
>>>>> 'program' without any formal education.  Then they hit a stumbling
>>>>> block,
>>>>> and expect the answer to be delivered in full, pressed, starched,
>>>>> polished,
>>>>> and spit-shined, on a silver platter, gratis.
>>>>>
>>>>> NO.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of us have spent decades building our knowledge base, doing our
>>>>> own
>>>>> researh, etc.  Nobody is -entitled- to our knowledge or our work for
>>>>> free.
>>>>> If we choose to give it, that's our choice.  The extent to which we are
>>>>> willing to give it in a venue like this is -our- choce.  People are
>>>>> -not-
>>>>> at liberty to dictate the terms of our benevolence unless they're
>>>>> handing
>>>>> us a paycheque, thank you very much.
>>>>>
>>>>> You probably shouldn't have crossed the line into 'hinting' that I
>>>>> should
>>>>> be -more- helpful, when I was already concisely helpful in the first
>>>>> place.
>>>>> You don't have that right unless it's your time, on your dime.  It's my
>>>>> frakking -weekend-, and I tried to help you anyway.  Then you want to
>>>>> bitch
>>>>> because you don't understand what I said, and take exception to me
>>>>> saying,
>>>>> "Y'know what?  More trouble than it's worth during my free time, just
>>>>> forget it."  No good deed goes unpunished, lemme tellya.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is why we can't have nice things.
>>>>>
>>>>> /rant
>>>>>
>>>>> mark->
>>>>> --
>>>>> Audio panton, cogito singularis.
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