begin Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) quotation (Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at
07:13:55PM -0400):
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:28:38PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > If the person had enough experience (to be completely distinguished from
> > intelligence, these are totally different aspects [1]) t
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:28:38PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> If the person had enough experience (to be completely distinguished from
> intelligence, these are totally different aspects [1]) to know what to post,
> they would have done so in the first place. As he or she did not, I'm
>
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:27:04AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Better more data than less, particularly if I ask for it. I've been
> > getting mightily peeved lately by people who post "how do I solve foo
Chris Gray writes:
> So instead of just saying "post output of ", say "if
> returns foo then do bar, if it returns baz then do quux,
> otherwise post it and let me have a look at it."
I've tried that. More often than not the person asking for help gets lost,
fails to perform all the steps, and p
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 04:35:39PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray wrote:
>
> > When you say "post output of ", you probably have some
> > idea what's going on but want confirmation (otherwise, you'd just be
> > adding noise).
>
> Often that's not
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray wrote:
> When you say "post output of ", you probably have some
> idea what's going on but want confirmation (otherwise, you'd just be
> adding noise).
Often that's not the case - people frequently ask questions but don't
provide nearly enoug
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:27:04AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Better more data than less, particularly if I ask for it. I've been
> getting mightily peeved lately by people who post "how do I solve foo"
> to which I reply "post output of "...which never happens.
> I'm going to start kill
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