Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:40:09 07/21/00
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On July 21, 2000 at 15:33:13, Amir Ban wrote: >On July 21, 2000 at 14:59:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 21, 2000 at 14:21:39, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On July 21, 2000 at 12:16:34, Joshua Lee wrote: >>> >>>>Pavel, I didn't like amir's attitude to my question, i asked simply if it was >>>>possible to test deep junior with the dortmund hardware in the LCTII test and he >>>>gave me a smartalek answer. >>> >>>You received a prompt, friendly and informative answer (it was "no", in case you >>>didn't understand). >>> >>>It did not deserve this rude response. >>> >>>Amir >> >> >>Did you ever get the idea that maybe _you_ are not the only one that gets >>misinterpreted from time to time? You thought your response was clear and >>humerous. Someone else thought it was semi-wiseass... >> >>You should keep that in mind. I didn't know how to take it, so I assumed >>"yes I have it, the results are at home, I might or might not make them >>public when I have time." > >I know about misunderstandings and miscommunications. I have to deal with them >every day in my line of work (Yes, I have a full-time job. No, my kids would go >hungry on Junior sales alone). > >I toned down my response to allow that a misunderstanding occurred. It's still a >bad reply. > >Amir Maybe... don't forget that _he_ thought your reply was bad... that is the difficulty with electronic communication. no voice pitch, no facial expression... it is all in the wording. Which is all to often ambiguous at best...
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