On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 08:09:23AM +1100, Peter Hyde wrote: > Obviously they did not know they were posting to a public mailing list. So > your comments below will help them appreciate where they have posted. > > But sadly as I see many times reading comments in response to fair and > reasonable questions, you appear to have failed to help them with their > actual problem, but rather humiliated and embarrassed them.
I was pointing out a fallacy in their assumption of privacy, not addressing their specific problem. Why do you assume they are embarrassed by having a mistake pointed out to them? I'm not acquainted with many people with sensibilities that fragile. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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