On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:53:48 -0500 Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 08:48:41AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Bret Busby wrote: > >>> Surely, it would have all been so much simpler, if the original > >>> poster in the thread, had put the question "To what personal > >>> uses, do people put their computers?". > >> What correlation need there be between *simple* questions and > >> *useful* answers? > > Surely. to get a useful answer, it is pointless to ask vague > > questions. > > > >> The OP correctly phrased the question as "How is typical home > >> computer used today?" > > That doesn't read correctly phrased to me. > > > > Does it not disturb anyone that most of the responses to this > question have been about how the question was phrased, even though > the intent was obvious. What does it say about folks who post here? > That they are computer people. 'How do I do X?' 'You don't want to do X. You *never* want to do X. You need to do Y. And by the way, you spelled X wrong.' -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141213195503.03709...@jresid.jretrading.com
