On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Christopher K. St. John wrote: > Gert Grenander wrote: > > > > I've spent more than ten hours searching for a viable solution > > to this problem. I've read a lot of stuff, and I wouldn't put a > > question onto this mailing list if I've found a way to solve > > this on my own. > > > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > Everyone understands that it can be difficult to express a > confusing problem clearly. Although you might have spent > many hours researching the problem, your email is the first > anyone else has heard of it. Anything you can do to help > people understand the background of your question will help > you to get a better answer. One easy thing to do is simply > mention how you've tried to solve the problem on your own. > For example, you could list the resources that you've > consulted, and why they didn't help. [ ... ]
Gotta agree with Christopher here. Initially I didn't really understand what Gert was asking about (i.e. what he referred to as "global objects"), and some examples, elaboration, etc. would've been illustrative. Everybody has a different way of expressing things, depending on their experience and such, and what seems clear to one person may be totally opaque to another. Sometimes a slight difference in phrasing things can make a huge difference. Also, especially on the Net, one shouldn't take people telling you to elaborate or pointing you to other resources/forums as being rude. In fact, in the long run, it is probably the best for all concerned. > > it didn't say anything when I signed up for this mailing > > list that you're not allowed to ask beginners questions. > > > > Of course, beginners are encouraged to ask questions. You > got an answer, didn't you? But if the question is difficult > to understand, people will have to guess at the appropriate > answer. > > -- > Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com > Milt Epstein Research Programmer Software/Systems Development Group Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
