I disagree... There are, in fact, an infinite number of stupid questions. Most of them include the words "URGENT!!!" or "PLZ HLP ME!!!1".
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 08:05, Royston Firth wrote: > Hani, > > there is only 1 stupid question, and that is the one that is never asked. > > > >From: Hani Suleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [Eap-list] #607 and jdk1.4 (OFFTOPIC) > >Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:46:49 +0000 > > > >Chantal Ackermann wrote: > >>well, that's a nice welcome, indeed. I've asked some stupid questions in > >>my > >>short mailing list life but I've seen more stupid questions been asked by > >>other people being answered politely or not at all, nevertheless. > >> > >Yep, fair point. The IDEA lists generate a lot of traffic however, and > >having waded through endless JDK 1.4 questions on other lists > >(apple-java to be specific), I'm developing a very short fuse and a knee > >jerk reaction towards anything with '1.4' in it. I apologise for my > >harsh tone, kind of. The idea (no pun intended) behind it is that it'd > >force people to think a bit more before posting! > > > >>sorry to be that harsh in just my second mail. > > > >It's quite alright, if I'm harsh, it's only fair that you're harsh in > >response! > > > >>but haven't we all the right > >>to ask some stupid or not so stupid questions? > > > >Heh, this is the sentence that inspired me to actually respond! I'd like > >to respond with a big fat NO! You do in theory have the right to ask > >stupid questions on any mailing list, others on the list equally have > >the right to point out what a stupid question it is. Contrary to popular > >belief, there IS such a thing as stupid questions, and often, not asking > >is a far superior course of action to asking. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Eap-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
