Hi guys One consideration to be made is that different cultures express their opinions in different ways (and with different language). In the US, a person doing a 'rant' against something is more than likely a troll as opposed to a severely upset person (well, not mentally upset). In many cultures (eg, most of Europe), the expressiveness of opinion can seem more severe to US-oriented people but their level of emotion does not match the perceived one. The inverse of this is the perception that US hams are fanboys. I have talked with several UK hams who felt the reflector was dismissive of non-US hams because of the strong negative reaction (often personal) when they would make a comment.
I am sure that TVH isn't so emotionally invested in criticizing the radio as some might perceive (based on the fact he hasn't tried to sell it), he is just disappointed that the state of the radio presented to him didn't match his expectations). I remember when I first became a manager of staff from different culturtes, I would often have heart-to-heart sessions with people who were very sharp in criticizing a decision I made. When the door was closed, they would freely express their feelings and when asked why they were so upset about the issue, they would look surprised I thought they were so upset. They were just expressing themselves in the way they are used to. I developed a different understanding of multi-cultural communications and a bit thicker skin in the process. If you want to see trolls in action, head to eham.net's forum. They speak 'the truth that no one wants to hear', mainly because no one agrees its the truth! Otherwise, assume the best in people and you will often get it. 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Jim Jannuzzo <[email protected]> wrote: > > His email was especially poignant to me, since I consider myself a > dim-witted, whining jerk. > Dim-witted, whining jerks of the world, Unite! > KJ2P > > > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:12:31 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18 > > > > Anybody know David Fiss? No? You know him now! > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: Flex > > > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:35:13 -0500 > > > From: David Fiss <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe if you put a little effort into resolving your technical > > > problems instead of whining on the reflector you could come to > > > appreciate the F3K for the magnificent radio that it is. > > > > > > That is, unless you're too dim witted to make it work, something that > > > nearly any other ham with the most modest of talents can easily > > > accomplish. Are simple things really that difficult for you? > > > > > > Jerks like you don't belong in ham radio. Maybe you could find an old > > > woman's club somewhere, where you can just complain all day without > > > ever accomplishing anything. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flexedge mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used for posting topics related to SDR software development and > experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
