I would have to agree with Pablo. Furthermore, the whole tone of your comment was condescending. If you can't see that, as you yourself stated, then you need practice communicating. Let me explain what I mean.
> Knock. Knock. This is a *Vbox users helping users list* provided by a > *Vbox user* "Knock, knock" means you are wondering if anyone is home, or in this case, is anyone listening or paying attention. Then you stated the obvious by drawing attention to a fact that we all know already, as if he didn't know, insinuating that he was ignorant, which he clearly is not. > You might have better luck, with Oracle Virtualbox questions here: > <https://www.virtualbox.org/> Now you might as well have told him to leave because you suddenly suggested he do so and you even pointed him in another direction. > Enter the forum, register is required to post, its free, and ask in the > correct area. So you think he cannot figure this much out on his own without your guidance? He is not a child and you surely are not acting like an adult with these manners. > Good luck. Luck has nothing to do with it when you seek technical help. What are you thinking anyway, David? So, since you said that you don't understand how you were insulting, one has to ask, are you not accustomed to evaluating the effect of your dialogue beforehand? > -----Original Message----- > From: David [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 10:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Can't get host-only network to work > > On 9/7/2012 6:19 AM, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > > [ Comments below, in-line ] > > > > On 09/07/2012 12:20 AM, David wrote: > >> > >> Sorry. I thought that I had had been civil. And my statement about > >> "to the best on my knowledge" was just that. "to the best on my > knowledge". > >> > > > > Hi David, > > > > Yes, saying `to the best of ... my knowledge' is very civil and > polite > > however saying 'Knock. Knock.' is not. > > > >> Your sandbox. Your game. Naturally then you win. I'm gone. > > > > I mention my remark in public not to embarrass you but rather for > > others to see and judge me. If anyone thinks I'm being heavy-handed, > > I expect either a private or a public message. > > > Must be a language/translation difference. There is a whole lot more than language difference taking place here. I translate daily and I can see the difference clearly. > Where I come from Knock is something you do with your knuckles on a > door to get the attention of the person on the other side. > > I most certainlt did not mean to be rude to him. Or you. > > Bye. > > -- > > David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
