somewhat right but still over the top in my humble opinion ... so, whatever ...you could simply answer with short and clear answer about dedupe if you know anything, or simply ignore the question ... so your behavior is really odd.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Allen S. Rout <a...@ufl.edu> wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:00:52 +0200, madunix <madu...@gmail.com> said: > > > > I was reading the following on the net regarding dedupe, can I have > > your opinion about the dedupe? > > > You may note that you get a somewhat sparse, even frosty, response > from this list. I'll let you know why I, in particular, don't choose > to respond to most of your queries. > > You ask questions in a sufficiently vague manner that the appropriate > answer is a long explanatory discourse. But you don't appear to > welcome pointers to the authoritative discourse: the docs. This is > fairly normal "newbie" behavior; nothing odd. > > But your web presence indicates you feel yourself to be enough of a > TSM pro to put it on your CV. From someone of that competence level, > the right questions are phrased something like: > > > Hi, I'm doing X, with Y sorts of machines, and I encountered Z. Is > this what you expect, how are you-all doing this, etc.. > > > The interesting social-group distinction is that, in one communication > you are: > > + offering some advice and feedback to those more newbie than you. > This is important: you're giving before you're asking. > > + going out on a limb a bit, to show you have faith in your past > opinions, while offering them for correction > > + displaying enough context that those contemplating a reply know how > to phrase their answer. > > > The terse, broad requests feel more like 'will you do my homework for > me?', but I'm a known curmudgeon. So, whatever. > > > - Allen S. Rout > - Get off my lawn! >
