-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 11 December 2003 18:58, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 at 11:26 GMT, David Baron penned: > > Problems persist and have gotten nowhere! > > [snip] > > I'm always confused when someone composes a plea for help in which the > subject is some form of negative statement about the product. When I > read something like that, I tend to think, "That dude has a bad > attitude. Why should I bother to help him when he's obviously already > made up his mind to dislike my favorite tools?" The other thought I > have is, "Wow, this person is using a deliberately whiny subject so that > people will read it and rush to his assistance, rather than risk letting > him give up on this tool."
Let me add the usual link to Eric Raymonds article "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" here: <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> I am often stunned by the fact that a written word is weighted much heavier than something said in a face-to-face conversation. I tend to forget that myself. Regards, - - Burkhard - -- Public key available here: <http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFD82303B> key FP 0A65 5E83 F44F 47A5 3DFC 19C5 7779 E411 FD82 303B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2M0ld3nkEf2CMDsRAoj2AKCd/aNrY2VFMmi4bA9XfAZhkmzn/wCeNDbs Oi2bZpZ07G2Epf2ldW3thIc= =xaSd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]