Uhm no, that's a popular misconception designed to make dumb kids in school
feel better about themselves and not give up altogether. It works for school
children, it doesn't work for professionals.

On 28/2/02 8:05 am, "Royston Firth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
>> 
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