Chris Ilias is apparently too distracted by his other work to read
carefully and understand that this is not a personal attack, so I'm
reposting it without the word he's misconstruing. I hope he reads it
correctly this time and lets it though.
Patrick Turner wrote:
Ed Mullen
Aug 24
Ray_Net pounded out :
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Because the OP is ill-informed and/or clueless about the Web and how it
works.
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Above we have the breathtakingly helpful reply by someone unable to
make any contribution to better use of SeaMonkey, AFAIAC. We surely
all enjoy helpful advice to make us all understand the Web better,
and expressed in simple language without needing a university degree.
SeaMonkey NERDS are sort of like the brave professorial types who
might stand up to give a lecture for 1/2 an hour without any member
of his audience having any idea what he is saying. I'm sure you've
been at colleges and schools where teachers put you off to sleep.
Actually, Ray_Net has made many contributions to better use of SeaMonkey
over the years, but he is clearly unwilling to help with your specific
issue within the specific terms and conditions that you have established.
If I may be permitted an analogy...
Some users like to use radios, but they are unconcerned with the
innards. They just want to turn them on, fiddle with the tuner and
volume, and listen, end of story. A few hobbyists want to know more, to
design and build their own radios, but that's not you.
You've come here to a room full of geeks who understand what's going on
"under the hood," some who have built their own radios by hand, and
asked technical questions that must be answered in technical terms, but
refused to accept any of the several helpful answers because they were
couched in technical terms.
Most of us have smiled or chuckled but kept our mouths shut, knowing
your problems are unsolvable on these terms, but a few have tried vainly
to help and a few have expressed their frustration. Now you complain
that a geek is frustrated, and post yet another long question that can
only be answered in technical terms but must not be.
It's time for you to choose. You're entitled to be a hobbyist, and
you're entitled to be a user, but you can't demand user answers to
hobbyist questions. This isn't Ray_Net's fault.
But I digress. ...
Oh well.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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