[asterisk-biz] Problem with Verizon Numbers

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 06:43:07PM -0400, Bill Michaelson wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > The internet is, by and large a meritocracy.  Each person is expected
> > to carry the water of their own reputation.  Anyone dumb enough to a)
> > go around in public b) proving that they misunderstand the territory
> > that badly deserves ridicule, and on the net, they'll certainly get it.
> >   
> The Internet is a social institution like any other. The same rules of 
> civility apply as do elsewhere. As to it being a meritocracy, merit has 
> many dimensions.

Stipulated.

The internet having been for 10 or 15 years a *technical*
establishment, that meritocracy is generally on things like clarity of
thought and expression, and understanding of context.

There are ways to do what we all thought he was trying to do, but that
wasn't one of them.

Of course, he's provided a reasonable explanation of why that wasn't
what he was really trying to do -- and in the process displayed a
pretty decent sense of humor about our reactions -- which was probably
the best way out of that situation; bully on the OP.

Cheers,
-- jra
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