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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