On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 07:10:52PM -0700, Phlip wrote: >Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: >>I apologize to others on the list for extending this thread and adding >>to the volume in your mail boxes. It was clearly unnecessary. > >Don't forget apologizing for leaving a dead trail in the archives...
On the contrary, this is a good illustration for anyone who tends to become offended by attempts to clarify and redirect false assumptions. It should illustrate that, when requesting help, there is some benefit to carefully thinking about problems and maintaining an open mind plus a certain degree of humbleness. After all, if you were really a genius at the things you're asking about, you wouldn't need help at all would you? When one needs help, it would seem to make sense to approach the process of asking for help with implied gratefulness rather than overt arrogance. Otherwise, you stand the chance of people interpreting your actions in such a way as to decide that helping you is not worth the effort. Maybe that's not the exact outcome someone reading this thread in the archives would hope for but it is, IMO, a valuable lesson nonetheless. -- Christopher Faylor spammer? -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cygwin Co-Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] TimeSys, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
