On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:29 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >>> What command do you use ? > >>> Mostly the answer would be NO > >> *still waiting for answer* > > > > Seriously? You /wait/ for answers here? > > (Dare I say it), you /want/ another post from the OP? > No I don't wait for answer. > It's just a way to politely explain that if you want people to help out > then it would be the basic thing of answering when it seems that there's > some information missing and that we asked you something. > > And to do so, before, asking a bunch of other things or repeating the > same one. > > > > I think the idea with mailing lists is that you compose and post > > replies in your own time, and that conversations are open to > > interjections from all. I was under the impression that something > > called IRC was available for realtime chatting (though I've never tried it).
> I know what is IRC I don't deny it. > and I'm sure Nor that. > what I meant is easily understood by > reading up in this message. Perhaps I find it difficult to understand *still waiting for answer* as a polite explanation. > Go try IRC Um, no. > and you'll see that this "Gunnar" is far from a exception and > trolling may be the rule on such system (IRC). I've already commented on someone else's suggestion of trolling, and so will add nothing more here, except to say that the expression this "Gunnar" is not a very polite way to refer to a person. (And no, don't let's revisit the October 2020 thread.) Cheers, David.
