I was not criticizing you, just before knowing what "item-scalping" means this really read like a sarcastic analysis of the OP. :)

> I have no doubts about bigup401 being an actual person

My point is that eventually it doesn't matter.

If he's effecting the monastery like a troll, then we should treat him like such.

With "actual persons" one could at least have the hope of change, but that's unlikely with his history.

> misfortune to work with outsource subcontractors who are like that guy.

I have friends from India here and I was fortunate that they explained the traditional "Guru"° concept of education to me. It's very deeply rooted in the culture and capitalism is chasing for the cheapest workers with the least flexibility.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

°) actually it's named after the disciple IIRC. But it isn't that compatible with western concepts.

In reply to Re^4: continuously query by LanX
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