[Phoenix-pm] bye Tony / Re: Doug Miles Strikes Back

intertwingled intertwingled at qwest.net
Fri May 28 13:37:55 PDT 2010


I am going to have to call troll on this one.  I don't remember anything 
like that ever happening!

Tony

Scott Walters wrote:
> billn is right about the calculated tactics to just barely stay out 
> of really deep hot water.
> 
> Tony has a history of harassing women at Phoenix.PM meetings to the
> point that people had to intervene and steer him away with a *slight*
> threat of force.  Because of this, he was nearly banished from 
> meetings.  Instead, he did apologize.
> 
> There's more to the story that extra bit makes it improper for me
> to just outright demonize him.  Still, he's perpetually on thin ice,
> and after a while, it becomes apparent that it's by design.
> 
> Darrin has no such excuse.  While a long way away from being
> blacklisted, I did unfriend him on FaceBook =P  But that's 
> another story.  I am rash at times.
> 
> -scott
> 
> 
> 
> On  0, Bill Nash <billn at billn.net> wrote:
>> I wouldn't say Scott's alone in his viewpoint. I can't stand you
>> either, and you're the sole reason I don't show up at meetings or do
>> more than lurk in the local community. Your pattern is well
>> established, recognizable, and without fail, culminates in the same
>> excuses. Now that someone has said something about you, next will come
>> the part where you play the victim. This will likely continue until
>> someone else catches on, and then the 'I'm sorry's will start. It will
>> then die down for a bit, until enough time has passed that you've, and
>> maybe everyone else, has forgotten about the last episode and then it
>> will all begin anew.
>>
>> - billn
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM, intertwingled <intertwingled at qwest.net> wrote:
>>> Scottie is just having one of his episodes.  I am fine. =)
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> Darrin Chandler wrote:
>>>> Would you blacklist me, too? You know how bad I can be!
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 03:46:16PM -0400, Scott Walters wrote:
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Insipid chatter that, as it draws you in, becomes more and more
>>>>> confrontational and inappropriate has been a long standing pattern for
>>>>> Tony.
>>>>> He's slightly better in real life -- sometimes (and sometimes
>>>>> worse).  He's far worse on IRC.  I've had him blocked in IRC
>>>>> for quite some time now and don't miss him.  I write this so
>>>>> you don't think me harsh, but if you start to feel uncomfortable
>>>>> engaging him, please consider just blacklisting his email
>>>>> address.  I'm doing this right now.
>>>>> Feel free to contact me off the list if you'd like more
>>>>> some background on this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the disruption.
>>>>>
>>>>> -scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On  0, intertwingled <intertwingled at qwest.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Would you please translate that to English?  Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tony
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott Walters wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm going to be pretty damn busy (missing sleep, in all likelihood)
>>>>>>> leading up to YAPC.  Afterwards, if I survive, I'll certainly
>>>>>>> report on it.  I also have a Lightning Talk from FrozenPerl that
>>>>>>> mashes up Markov Chains, PPI, a genetic algorithm, and a patchset
>>>>>>> to Test::Harness that adds support for floating point test results
>>>>>>> so tests can return shades of grey rather than "ok"/"not ok".
>>>>>>> Markov Chains are trained from PPI and diddled by the genetic
>>>>>>> algorithm which uses the floating point test scores as a genetic
>>>>>>> fitness test and you can go to the beach and sip pina coladas
>>>>>>> while Perl writes your code for you.  That could easily fill
>>>>>>> 30 minutes ;)  But that would probably be after YAPC in
>>>>>>> about four weeks here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On  0, "Douglas E. Miles" <doug at veritablesoftware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's true. There has been a successful coup, I mean peaceful transfer
>>>>>>>> of power. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Watch this list over the coming weeks for updates. I have some things
>>>>>>>> I need to get worked out on my end before I can get regular meetings started
>>>>>>>> again, but hopefuly they will be resolved soon. In the mean time, we can
>>>>>>>> start discussing presentation topics. Do you know something you'd like to
>>>>>>>> present? Is there a topic you don't know about that you'd like to see
>>>>>>>> someone else present?  Post to the list and I'll start compiling. Here's to
>>>>>>>> an active Phoenix.pm!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05/27/2010 12:19 PM, Scott Walters wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello peasants.  Please allow me to introduce your new King, the same
>>>>>>>>> as your old King:  Doug Miles.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Doug Miles has expressed interest to Brock and myself in coordinating
>>>>>>>>> meetings once again and we were happy to oblige (least we be
>>>>>>>>> assisinated in his power grab).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This announcement is premature and unauthorized.  Meeting hosting
>>>>>>>>> arrangements are still being sorted out, but I hope you all will
>>>>>>>>> join me in eager awaiting what Doug has for us.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> -scott
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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