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Yeechang Lee wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Bruce Markey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:bjm@lvcm.com"><bjm@lvcm.com></a> says:
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<pre wrap="">- DD was not provided merely as a favor to it's users but was
created in response excessive traffic from scrapers like XMLTV.
- If description information is not available from DD but is
from tvlistings.com this will surely lead to people using
scrapers which would increase tvlistings.com traffic ten fold
then one-hundred fold or more.
- Therefore it is in everyones best interest that TMS take this
issue seriously.
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Bruce, I hate to say it but the first reaction I had upon reading the
above (not to mention your choice of subject line) was that you were
issuing a threat </pre>
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Except that Bruce provided a historical context for a future
prediction, which means that he is pointing to a rational reason for an
expected consequence where the expected consequence cannot be
attributed to Bruce (he presents his reason(s) for why he thinks
something will happen). That is to say that Bruce is not making a
threat, but he is pointing to a potential threat and arguing that it is
a real threat.<br>
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<pre wrap="">of the DataDirect servers melting down if the
data-accuracy issue isn't fixed pronto. "Not I," you will surely
say. </pre>
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What he will or will not say is NOT part of his argument and is simple
conjecture on your part. Your reading this into his argument probably
helps explain why you reacted the way that you did.<br>
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<pre wrap="">[...] I agree that a fix of the data really is best for all
parties. However, I know better than to make any kind of ultimatum</pre>
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Bruce's if/then statement can only be viewed as an ultimatum if you
misread that part of his argument by taking it out of context.<br>
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<pre wrap="">[...] But guess what? *TMS knows this
very well*, and its employees don't need your or anyone else lecturing
them about it. </pre>
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Probably a matter of perspective, as I saw Bruce's words as more of a
kick-in-the-pants, which it appears that at least someone at TMS
needed, and for which Bruce deserves thanks.<br>
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mark oliver<br>
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