You’re right. It was late, and I considered it such a non-issue that I rushed my reply. Your answer is much better.
The only defense I can give is that “not being a jerk/dick” is very quick for situations where time-pressure may exist, and gives the right answer most of the time. I realize that’s not a good defense for a question posted to a forum where the respondents have plenty of time to think.
And I love that you italicized pnhfr even though the formating doesn’t carry through at rot13.com. I gather you can read/write in rot13?
Thanks. You’re right, the jerk heuristic is good for quick judgment. It’s just that there’s a difference between being a jerk when no one will know it’s you (this scenario) vs. being a jerk when they will (say, camping the passing lane), and the former are more complicated.
And I love that you italicized pnhfr even though the formating doesn’t carry through at rot13.com. I gather you can read/write in rot13?
I just wrote it as I would a normal post, with the asterisks, which do carry through, and then pasted the output here—this site can then format it since it sees the asterisks.
You’re right. It was late, and I considered it such a non-issue that I rushed my reply. Your answer is much better.
The only defense I can give is that “not being a jerk/dick” is very quick for situations where time-pressure may exist, and gives the right answer most of the time. I realize that’s not a good defense for a question posted to a forum where the respondents have plenty of time to think.
And I love that you italicized pnhfr even though the formating doesn’t carry through at rot13.com. I gather you can read/write in rot13?
I have the Firefox addon leetkey, which allows me to ROT13 in place, so I did see the italics.
Thanks. You’re right, the jerk heuristic is good for quick judgment. It’s just that there’s a difference between being a jerk when no one will know it’s you (this scenario) vs. being a jerk when they will (say, camping the passing lane), and the former are more complicated.
I just wrote it as I would a normal post, with the asterisks, which do carry through, and then pasted the output here—this site can then format it since it sees the asterisks.