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

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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