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Subject: Re: You don't suppose I have it home, do you ? (nt)

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:55:07 07/21/00

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On July 21, 2000 at 16:40:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

I for one found Amir's original reply to be quite funny. <shrug>

Dave



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