Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:53:40 07/22/00
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On July 22, 2000 at 01:55:07, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 I know. That is at least three readings of one ambiguous post. You thought funny. I thought "space filler, he will probably supply the data tonight" and the original poster thought "smart alek". :) Tough to write one post that can be taken that many different ways. :)
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