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I agree with the above reply. It's probably the last two words of your message that are the cause of your issue. Sometimes it doesn't matter how ridiculous it is because it might be how the school requires participation and it's out of the instructors hands. Now, being yelled at in return might not exactly be a graduated response but if you leave off the last two words I expect you would get a polite reply.
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Do not do what has already been done.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
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It's not ridiculous - surely everyone knows posts don't count on Tuesdays!
By pointing out the ridiculousness, you've upset your instructor - it was probably his pet project, take it on the chin and don't be such a wuss!
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the exact reply "that yelled at me, telling me how inappropriate the content was"...
and give us the context...seriously, I would guess that these other people who are speculating about the context is correct...but making a judgement of character without knowing all the facts is rediculous 
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kinar wrote: rediculous
No, no, no, no, no.[^]
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
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Actually I think he meant 'redicorous', as per Tigger.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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damn...I always misspell that word. I even looked at the way the OP spelled it to make sure at the very least, we were both wrong...still messed it up.
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It depends what the real objective of it all is, and we're not in a position to know that.
If, for example, I need to rely on 3rd-line support (i.e. real engineers who also have to do their own work) to post updates to prio 1 or prio 2 problems within a specified time and at regular times, then I need to trust that they have commented on two problems on Monday, two on Tuesday, etc, for as long as there are two such problems.
If they do not, it costs me in both money and reputation.
So what is ridiculous here is not that you have to respond to whatever a certain number of times per day; what is ridiculous is that, rather than ask why, or what you were expected to learn from it, you immediately assumed that it is ridiculous.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dirk Higbee wrote: You know the above average intelligences of the world.
Human intelligence is a constant. It's only the population that changes.
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
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When I was in college I learned two things:
1) Talk to your professors in person. You get a better grade if they know you. Discrete Math is hard otherwise.
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If you don't talk to them is it Discreet Maths?
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Steve Harris 2009
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If you tell others what was said it is Indiscreet Maths?
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If I told and you were thrown out, would it be In de Street Maths?
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"I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. "
Steve Harris 2009
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Dirk Higbee wrote: What I got back was an email that yelled at me, telling me how inappropriate the content was.
Did you bother to ask why, or for more clarification? What's the probability that the recipient responded to the wrong e-mail?
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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I can't wait for home time, in about 40 or so minutes.
Then I can get in a cab, go to the airport, fly home, shag the spend some quality time with the missus, have a beer then sleep.
It's just a shame I only have a few days at home before I have to fly out again.
BOOO!
Oh well, I'll be thinking of you poor souls working away as I'm tossing it off playing Batman Arkham Asylum on my 360 tomorrow morning (ha ha haha).
* CPPOTD = "Completley Pointless Post Of The Day" brought to you by 1.21 Gigawatts, the only way to destroy your interest in the internet.
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote: Oh well, I'll be thinking of you poor souls working away as I'm tossing it off
Excuse me???
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digital man wrote: Excuse me???
Figure of speech - IE, not doing very much.
Not the, ahem, rude version.
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote: Figure of speech - IE, not doing very much.
In all my 356 years I've never heard of that version!
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You have now baby!!
It's a great saying - for instance:
"I'm just gonna toss it off for the next hour".
Perfect!
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Sorry, just don't believe you. No one can toss it off for an hour... 
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it certainly is perfect...but generally means that I AM doing something...and that I need some alone time to do it
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote: "I'm just gonna toss it off for the next hour".
Certainly not an expression I'd want to use, even within the confines of the rugby club 
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Certainly not an expression I'd want to use, even within the confines of the rugby club
Yeah - probably not within the confines of the rugby club!
I used this phrase in front of my missus mum.
The look on her face...
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digital man wrote: In all my 356 years I've never heard of that version!
Me neither! Remind me never to wear spandex tights when he's around! Or my utility belt and cape!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark Wallace wrote: Remind me never to wear spandex tights when he's around!
If you need to be reminded of that then I think you have more problems than the tosser! 
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote: IE, not doing very much
It never does
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
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