Re: Help with java code for Box Class

On 2005-11-09, Andrew Thompson penned:
> Roedy Green wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:37:15 -0700, "Monique Y. Mudama"
>> <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
>> who said :
>>
>>>>http://mindprod.com/jgloss/homework.html
>>>
>>>With all due respect, the OP wasn't trying to get anyone to do
>>>their homework, ..
> ...
>> have you read the essay?
>
> I did[1].
>
>> ..It is not just about the foolishness of playing helpless.
>
> [1] ..because I was about to make a similar comment, before I read
> what it contained, and realised the conclusions you (well, me -
> anyway) might jump to from the URL were not really what the page was
> about.
>
> [ I was prompted to make that comment because I have felt what it is
> like to have someone ..question a document to which I linked, while
> obviously not having read a single word of it! It is exasperating.
> :-( ]

Mea culpa. I thought I recognized the link and knew its contents, but
obviously I was mistaken.

That being said:

1) The link was given no context, not even a one-line "Here are some
pointers on how to approach your homework assigment."

2) Roedy himself confuses his own links frequently, so obviously he
doesn't always check them before posting. Therefore I feel only
mildly bad about mis-recognizing it.

3) Roedy has certainly been known to post links of the sort I thought
his one was.

Anyway, yes, I screwed up. Sorry.

--
monique

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