John Machin wrote: > On Nov 22, 11:04 am, r0g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...]>> If you can't muster even that level of enthusiasm or courtesy towards >> the noobs then you always have the option of not responding. > > Your "if X then Y" logic is somewhat cockeyed -- Y is true independent > of X. Looking just at X: read some of my posts. You may find some with > a reasonable level of enthusiam and courtesy, especially where the > enquirer appears to have helped themselves to a reasonable extent > first and/or are having ESL difficulties and/or have not had a > response after 12 hours or more ... > John, you are an industrious and courteous helper on this list, no doubt about it. I didn't mean to start a long debate about all this, I merely wanted to point out that since noobs *will* often post without trying to solve their own problem it's best to just ignore them if you don't feel like answering.
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