On Saturday 17 March 2007 11:54, Peter Bradley wrote:
> Ysgrifennodd Stevens:
> > In this part of the world the response is to say, "You are entitled to
> > your opinion, no matter what I think of it." Of course, you can infer
> > from that what I thought of your kind suggestion.
> >
> > You have an odd concept of "polite". I have a problem with a process
> > on this system, I am willing to work with someone one-on-one to solve
> > the problem and any resolution can then be posted back to the list. To
> > me, that is far more "polite" to the list than generating a lot of
> > chatter and wasted bandwidth whilst solving the problem. If that is
> > selfish and self-serving, then I stand guilty as charged.
> >
> > Fred
>
> Fred,
>
> It's the chatter we come for.  Some of us.  I am reminded of a respected
> professor once saying to me by way of justifying lectures, "Young man,
> it is a privilege to hear great minds think!"  I sort of regard this
> list like that.  Except when I'm posting, of course.
>
> :)
>
> Peter

What I was offering to do in the original reply was to go one-on-one with 
someone who could work with me real time, possibly with a login into this 
computer to do a "stare and compare". That could be done in a discussion 
list, I suppose. I could post pages of printouts of various directories 
here but I do not think that is appropriate. Others, of course, have other 
opinions. Something about many minds studying the problem at the same 
time, gestalt consciousness and all that. Maybe so, but I still don't 
think it's right to junk up a list. I also do not like the lag involved in 
troubleshooting via email. If it's the only thing available, so be it, but 
I don't like it. No, fixing the problem off list and then posting a 
detailed report to the list to inform whomever might be interested is the 
way to go, 

My opinion, of course.

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