On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 00:08:25 -0500, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:

> Yes this is a community, and it does have a very _welcome_ feel to it. 
> But I have a point to make.  
> 
> My email a while ago received quite a number of replies.  I have posted
> actual problems to this list more than a couple of times and the total
> number or responses from them all did not equal the ones from this
> evening (read: some were not answered at all).  

The two phenomenon (receiving no problem responses and receiving 
many "I'm from" responses) are unrelated. When you don't get responses to 
questions, it's usually because people either don't see the question, or 
they don't know the answer. It's not because they typed 50 characters to
identify their location then got too tired to type anything else.

On the other hand, most people know where they live, so it's only natural 
that those responses outweigh anything else. Case in point: we've had 
several "lurkers" speak up to identify themselves.

I've had several occasions where I posted problems and received no
responses--it happens. But the cause is not other discussions. 
 
Now where are you from? Don't make me do an IP lookup--that would take
away all the fun!

Miark

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