expresso,

Please stop going on and on and on (ad infinitum). (I am trying to be
polite)

Thank you.

On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 12:33 -0700, expresso wrote:
> Funny thing is, I'll be blogging about this carousel.  And you may
> find my implementation to be pretty complex but you would not know
> about the entire implementation and you assume that what we are doing
> is "simple"
> 
> On Jul 9, 2:03 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>making it difficult to understand what you are asking
> >
> > tell me how it's difficult, I am very thorough in explaining the
> > situation and things tried.
> >
> > On Jul 9, 1:57 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the clutter
> > > out if you stay in the same topic.....
> >
> > > I did not say not to stay on the same topic.  I said if I start
> > > veering off into anther discussion that's talking about a different
> > > approach (in this case in that previous thread I started with a
> > > question about obtaining the LAST <li>).  Then I wondering maybe
> > > instead I can just iterate through the list of <li> and grab some by
> > > index.  At that point, that's a whole different issue or scope.  Yea,
> > > that time I should have stuck with the thread because I already
> > > committed to the question on the index.
> >
> > > Anyway I get it.  But I should not be posting 2 different questions on
> > > the same thread which is what I try to avoid
> >
> > > On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > how the hell am I being rude?
> >
> > > > And second, I am giving information to help you help me.  Again I try
> > > > all sorts of shit before I post stuff.  I don't just post on every
> > > > step of the way.  I am showing you what I have tried.  So you either
> > > > get called out for not giving enough information or giving too
> > > > little.
> >
> > > > Chill
> >
> > > > On Jul 9, 11:04 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > "so it's only respectful on my part to
> > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in the same
> > > > > thread.  Not cool. "
> >
> > > > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the clutter
> > > > > out if you stay in the same topic.....
> >
> > > > > As Liam points out.... you already asked the index question, AND it
> > > > > was answered by Charlie, in the topic you created just 13 hours ago
> >
> > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/8832916...
> >
> > > > > and yet, here's an identical topic asking the identical question with
> > > > > 2 min apart two sentence ramblings on them all....
> >
> > > > > Realize what this list for what it is:   a mailing list where lots of
> > > > > us provide free help out of our own time....
> >
> > > > > making it difficult to understand what you are asking, being rude to
> > > > > people trying to show you the way, rambling on and on with the same
> > > > > stuff....  all that doesn't lend itself very well to make your issues
> > > > > worth other peoples time and effort
> >
> > > > > .
> >
> > > > > On Jul 9, 11:12 am, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > Because sometimes I get into other topics not related to my original
> > > > > > posts in those other thread so it's only respectful on my part to
> > > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in the 
> > > > > > same
> > > > > > thread.  Not cool.
> >
> > > > > > On Jul 9, 9:30 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > how about reading all the replies to your other thread about this?
> >
> > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li:eq(10)").css("margin-right", "5px");
> >
> > > > > > > expresso wrote:
> > > > > > > > Is it possible to target certain <li> in an unordered list by 
> > > > > > > > index
> > > > > > > > with jQuery?  I thought maybe I could use .index but was not 
> > > > > > > > able to
> > > > > > > > get the syntax right.
> >
> > > > > > > > I thought maybe something like this would work but is has not:
> >
> > > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li").index(i).css("margin-right", "5px");
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