Sure, that´s right! 2008/8/12 Ralph Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I agree, Dominic. It wasn't intended to be insular. On the other hand, when > someone is responding to a question about Scheme or about "deep" (I don't > even know the correct term) code, I don't see how one can, or if one should > try to, make the discussion intelligible to a newbie. > > Ralph > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dominic Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 2008/8/12 Ralph Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Anyone else remember Booker T. and the . . . ? >> > >> > In any case, it might make sense to use at least some of the acronyms >> > judiciously. There is a wide variety of users on this list, and many of >> > the >> > discussions are, while not exclusive, at least aimed at a particular >> > audience. I don't see why it wouldn't be a good idea to change the >> > vocabulary based on the discussion and/or audience; actually, we already >> > do. >> >> >> > If Graham or Valentin uses NR or LSR in a response to a question or >> > statement of mine, I'll understand. If I'm responding to an apparent >> > newbie, >> > using LM could possibly either confuse them more or turn them off to the >> > LilyPond community in general. >> >> But isn´t that a bit insular? I think the answers on the list are not >> only provided for the one who asked but for everybody, even the people >> searching the mailing list archive later. So differentiating is okay, >> but you should also have others in your mind. >> >> Dominic >> >> >> > I don't understand a lot of the code >> > discussions on the list (especially ones with long strings of Scheme >> > coding), but that doesn't keep me from using the list. >> > >> > Peace, >> > >> > Ralph >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Actually, MG is a state of brazil, to me. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, James E. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > no, AU is audio unit. It's a type of plugin for core audio on >> >> > macintosh >> >> > computers. >> >> > >> >> > And am I the only one who thinks of cars seeing MG? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> lilypond-user mailing list >> >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ralph Palmer >> > Greenfield, MA >> > USA >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > lilypond-user mailing list >> > lilypond-user@gnu.org >> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > >> > > > > > -- > Ralph Palmer > Greenfield, MA > USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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