-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave,
For reference, your complete original message: > Also, in general, saying "this doesn't work" is not likely to generate > any responses, because you don't actually state the actual vs. desired > behavior. > > I don't call up tech support and say "My TV doesn't work." And wait for > them to tell me why not. > > Well, actually, I did once, because I was angry and had already called a > half-dozen times, but that's a pathological usecase. Dave Newton wrote: > Actually, I suggested the poster to encapsulate the question and provide > enough information to allow people to answer it without having to > investigate further than the post, which in this case would have been > trivial. Please highlight the relevant sections. You requested nothing. You said, in effect, "nobody is going to answer your question". > I'd also suggest that telling a poster that providing more information > is more likely to lead to an answer is an implicit request for more > information, which seems obvious to me. It clearly wasn't obvious to the OP, or else he would have provided that information. Since you continued to assume that a request for more information was obvious, you failed to request it, resulting in a dubiously useful post. >> If you aren't interested in answering the question, then don't bother >> posting. > > ... Hrm. If that's a "hrm" in reference to my claiming that a non-answering post is useless, then let me correct you. My post (which certainly did not attempt to answer the question) should be considered a "list etiquette reminder". - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpTUU9CaO5/Lv0PARAsj0AJ9x0YD6pA/27d511abr+PMszu9eXgCgiNOV Nj/p91LKpPOTs/UhudHVDmg= =yJ+8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
