Polishing D - suggestions and comments

[Carlos Santander]

John Reimer escribió:
> Kris wrote:
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>> It never fails to amaze just how much can be extracted from merely one 
>> element on a website :)
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> Yep, that happens.
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>> You're right about the picture, though - it was intended purely as a 
>> bit of fun at the time (as I recall), and should probably go. 
>> Certainly it would be a misconception to paint Tango with a "flighty" 
>> brush ... you would have to look very hard indeed to find a more 
>> "serious" D language investment anywhere.
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> I agree. The effort that has gone into Tango is certainly not reflected 
> by that picture.
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>> On a more personal note (for me) - no significant effort should have 
>> to go all true-blue neo-conservative to be considered "serious" about 
>> anything in this world, and a bit of self-deprecating humour is hardly 
>> out of place in any walk of life (there perhaps ought to be more of 
>> that around here sometimes?). It is interesting though, that you 
>> picked up on the 'cult' aspect of that picture - IIRC it was chosen at 
>> random because it looked /truly/ dorky, not because of anything else. 
>> Perhaps people will inevitably see whatever they want to? Ah well, it 
>> was comic relief for a period.
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> Sure, my comparison wasn't meant to endorse a full swing opposite to 
> conservatism (or neo-conservatism, as you put it).  I was just pointing 
> out the differences and how things might come across.  It can go bad 
> either way. :)  I know you are relaxed and fun-loving and would prefer 
> that to any form of false-dignity.  That's good.  The emphasis was 
> merely on appearances that I felt detracted from the image of Tango. 
> That opinion might or might not be shared by anybody else, but I felt 
> I'd mention it (again).
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> I'm not sure what you are implying by it being "interesting that I 
> picked up on the cult following"... but yes, my senses are quite acute 
> to picking up on cults regardless of what you perceive my worldview to 
> be, if that's what you meant; I'll assume you didn't mean that as a 
> remark concerning my Christian faith.  But, no matter, half the time 
> innuendos on this group are mistakes as a result of the reciever reading 
> too much between the lines.  I'll accept responsibility for this one.
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> And I haven't anything against well-timed self-deprecating humour... 
> sure that's useful.  But, like many things, there's a time and place for 
> it.  My /personal/ feeling here is that it has outlived its purpose (as 
> you seem to agree).  Since it's just an opinion, you needn't pay any 
> attention to it. :)
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> And no, my critique was not meant to address anything about the motives 
> behind why the picture was chosen.  I'm sure it was innocent enough and 
> was never meant to promote any sort of "cult" following of Tango. :)
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I never related that image with any cult. Probably I just didn't remember that 
part of the movie too well, or some cultural differences weighed in, but I 
always saw it as a bunch of geeks, and as such, I found it funny.

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>> Please suggest a replacement? Perhaps we should run a little competition?
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> I have no suggestion at this time, other than to remove it, I suppose.


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Carlos Santander Bernal