TDPL a bad idea?

[John D]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
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> "John D" <jdean at googling.com> wrote in message 
> news:hk381s$1es1$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Did anyone watch Shark Tank on TV this week? Captain Ice Cream was 
>> rejected by all of the sharks and sent packing because he wanted to 
>> sell a franchise that wasn't. One of the sharks said to him something 
>> along the lines of, "a franchise offering is a package deal for a 
>> product that is a well-oiled machine... all the kinks worked out". Or 
>> was it the Legal Grind, coffee shop lawyering, franchise that they 
>> said that to? Of the Legal Grind, the sharks said: so you've been 
>> doing this for umpteen years and haven't made any real money and now 
>> you want to offer a franchise?
>>
>> Why a killing of trees for a manual that changes daily and can be on 
>> the internet? What is the point of TDPL? To make money? I don't see 
>> any value in a set of pages that are a manual for a constantly 
>> changing and unestablished computer programming language. Can't yaz 
>> save the trees and offer it for sale on the web to anyone who wants to 
>> pay for it? It's easy to setup a PayPal website (though I think D is 
>> far from that if ever). I don't see this thing selling in bookstores. 
>> A hard copy of an already obsolete specification? If it's just 
>> charitable contribution from long time afficionados, why not just .org 
>> and ask for contributions and not kill trees?
>>
>> "TDPL: we want money"? Msg me when it is "TDPL: the well-oiled 
>> machine". (Note I didn't say "the well-oiled MONEY machine).
>>
>
> Ordinarily I wouldn't think much of this, but considering some of this 
> guy's most recent postings over in "Google's Go", I'd say it's about 
> time to consider instituting a NG ban system. We were (maybe) able to 
> chase away superdan, but who knows how persistent other such trolls 
> like this one will prove to be.
>
I am interested in your "ban system". What is your name and address?