From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In another thread the list admin, Casey West wrote: > > Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > >> there may or may not be volunteer programmers available who are > >> ready to provide such comprehensive answers to people who have > >> obviously not made any efforts of their own. > > > > Posting a message to this list is considered sufficient efforts. > > Please allow me to disagree.
I agree with you disagreeing ;-) If someone considers whipping up a quick and uninformative email with a totaly bogus subject to be sufficient effort, fine with me. I don't. > > If you are not available or ready to provide such answers to this > > list I will not be insulted if you refrain from answering. In fact, > > I'll regard you more highly for controlling yourself. > > I would like to hear the views of some of the other regular answerers. > It would help me make up my mind. I do think it's fine to ignore the messages whose author did not show sufficient effort (and you are the one who decides what's sufficient). I doubt though he would not feel insulted if all his messages were ignored by all. If you feel like flaming, hit DELETE. Hurts at first, but it's quicker. I always ignore messages with bogus subjects. Without reading. I always ignore messages that clearly show the poster did not do anything himself beforehand. I always ignore messages that would require me to explain basic math or the very basics of programming in general. Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
