Of course I know of Mark's contributions. However, one's contributions, big or small, shouldn't excuse him/her from being rude to others. That's my constructive feedback - take it or leave it.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Amit Choubey <kgp.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Junior Nebeker > <junior.nebe...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Sure Mark. If your interest is in patrolling the Gromacs mailing list, >> then I'll leave you to it. >> > > I think before you type your response you should consider that Mark has > helped several hundred times over this mailing list. > > >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Mark Abraham <mark.abra...@anu.edu.au>wrote: >> >>> On 19/08/2011 1:41 PM, Junior Nebeker wrote: >>> >>> Correct. Other people (who are new to this list) need your help, and >>> unless their requests are way out of line, there's no reason to adopt a >>> haughty attitude in responding. >>> >>> >>> There's never a case for rudeness, but when (for example) people have >>> been asking questions on the mailing list for years and still haven't >>> absorbed the advice available here http://www.gromacs.org/Support, then >>> one can get frustrated. Expressing a little of that can help people realise >>> how to participate more effectively in the discussion. One's family doctor >>> can ask a lot of patient questions about what is wrong because you're paying >>> them a lot of money. If people who might give free help don't feel that >>> their time is valued, they might stop giving it. One way of demonstrating >>> this is to ask questions that show one's willingness to work on the problem >>> by providing lots of relevant diagnostic information. See >>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> P.S. I'm not intending to express particular criticism of the original >>> poster in this thread >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Mark Abraham >>> <mark.abra...@anu.edu.au>wrote: >>> >>>> On 19/08/2011 9:32 AM, Junior Nebeker wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hey mark, >>>>> >>>>> If you are really sick of asking people for such information, why do >>>>> you even care to respond to this mailing list? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Because I'd rather teach someone to fish than either give them fish or >>>> watch them starve. >>>> >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> -- >>>> gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org >>>> http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users >>>> Please search the archive at >>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! >>>> Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www >>>> interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. >>>> Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org >>> http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users >>> Please search the archive at >>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! >>> Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the >>> www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. >>> Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org >> http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users >> Please search the archive at >> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! >> Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the >> www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. >> Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists >> > > > -- > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists >
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