If you give a man a fish he will only eat for a day... But if you teach a man to fish...
He will sit in a hot boat drinking beer, getting sunburned, and drowning worms all his life. Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > Hello, all -- > > Since you're all talking about me, I thought I'd jump in here... ;-) > > Ian wrote: >> it isn't the "quickest" solution. > > Firstly, my goal wasn't to give David "the answer", because I don't > think there *is* just a single one; my goal was to point him to the > threads that deal with the issue he asked about, so that he could > follow the leads/links and make up his own mind on the answer that > best fits his specific situation, etc. > > Secondly, I'm pretty sure I typed that list of instructions in less > time than it would have taken me to go through multiple web pages, > waiting out the load time in each case, copying and pasting the > (multiple) potentially useful URLs, etc. > > In other words, I thought at the time -- and, for the record, still > believe now -- that my response *was* the quickest solution to the > problem I was trying to solve. And since I was the one who actually > responded to David's post, that's really the only relevant yardstick > for that particular determination, regardless of how much anybody > else debates it. > >> we didn't give him a URL did we. > > Nope -- and I would (will) do the same thing again, all other things > being equal! > If someone asks a question that I think has a single answer, I'll > give them that answer; otherwise, I'll give them the tools they can > use to find the multiple answers, and then determine the one THEY > think is best. > >> Do you understand the meaning of the word "condescending"? > > D'uh, gee, I think so... > This whole response of yours... that was condescending, right? > _______________________ > > Stewart responded with: >> I think this whole discussion is becoming increasingly ridiculous > > Agreed. > >> I'm sure that Kieren had no intention of being condescending > > True. That being said, I *did* have that exact intention with my > "D'uh, gee, I think so..." comment in *this* email! ;-) > >> Give a man food, and he can live for a week. Teach him to farm, and >> he can feed himself for a lifetime. > > Couldn't have said it better myself. > > Best regards, > Kieren. > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Swing-Eighths-Marking-tf2217295.html#a6163978 Sent from the Gnu - Lilypond - User forum at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user