Michael Mol posted on Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:51:09 -0500 as excerpted: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> > wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> >> My point is that you consistently write long essays that I, and >> apparently most others, don't bother to read.
>>> the tragic thing is that guy would be able to make valuable >>> contributions if it weren't for the excessive length of his mails >> >> So, your emails are way too long. >> > I dunno. I read them. > > Duncan, I think the clue here, though, is that you should start a blog. > I'd read that, too. :) Thanks, all. . It's not everyone. I have a stack of replies thanking me for explaining <whatever> that no one took the time to do in a way they could understand before. But I think computer folks often take intuitive leaps faster than many and thus don't need it all spelled out repeatedly, as others often seem to, and I don't "consider the audience". Yes, things often can tighten up with a bit of effort. Ironic after all those "two page minimum" assignments on material easily covered in one paragraph of two sentences totaling five lines... I learned that lesson /too/ well. But if I shorten it, invariably someone catches me out with an exception I considered but cut for brevity, so the discussion ends up longer and takes more round trips than it would if I hadn't, and I go back to the long form the next time. =:^( I probably /should/ start a blog. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
