FYI I am a scientific programmer for a european university. We are doing work on Android security. We have a research hypothesis that can be proved valid if we solve the above stated problem. This work is on a deadline. And one entire chain of work will be regarded as discarded/valid based on this. I hope this clears things.
-E On Sep 10, 11:45 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:36 PM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the case of something like Monkey, the need to meet an internal demo > > date would be valid cause for "urgent", in my opinion. > > Yes - to person with the deadline, sure this would seem urgent. To the rest > of us on this volunteer list? Not so much. I think it makes the poster seem > impatient, especially when the OP does not explain what makes it so > important. He could be trying to cram in some last minute homework > assignment that he slacked off on, for all we know. > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Tez <[email protected]> wrote: > > @TrekIng - thanks for your professional opinion. > > This is most definitely NOT "professional" opinion. I'm just telling you how > posts with "urgent" in the title are usually perceived on forums like this > where people ask for technical help. Most of the people on this group are > working individually on projects as a hobby - the level of urgency of > solving any given problem presented here, in the grand scheme of things, is > incredibly low. > > However important this problem is for you to solve, it frankly means nothing > to the rest of us and adding "urgent" is not going to make us drop > everything to try to help. At best it adds nothing to the discussion about > the problem you're having and at worst it makes you seem impatient and > actually discourages people from helping you. > > Believe it or not, I'm actually trying to help you. I really think you would > be best served, now and in the future, with not adding "urgent" to your > post. It usually hurts more than it helps - that's what I'm trying to get > at. > > > You have admitted that you have not used monkey yet you make the claim that > > having trouble with it is not urgent. > > Correct. I don't need to use the tool to determine this. Even if you never > solve your problem, the world will keep spinning and life will go on. You > claim this is urgent but you've still not explained what the severe > consequences of this not being solved will be, besides there being > "important" work depending on it - which is completely subjective to you. > > > Did you base this on your previous "monkey experience"? > > Where did I claim to have "monkey experience"? I'm pretty sure I clearly > stated I had not used Monkey. Or was that "sarcasm"? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
