Subj : Re: i need help To : comp.programming From : blmblm Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 05:11 am In article <1125897563.677490.207830@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, ssubbarayan wrote: > >blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote: >> In article <1125662611.033708.264440@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, >> ssubbarayan wrote: >> > >> >Richard Heathfield wrote: >> >> ssubbarayan said: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Better way to correct some one >> >> > would be to give suggestions in a soft manner,probably something like >> >> > "I would rather use space after commas,please make it more legible to >> >> > read" something on those lines. >> >> >> >> Very well - as you wish... >> >> >> >> I would rather use space after commas,please make it more legible to read. >> >> >> >> >> >> Okay? >> >> >> >> And when you have learned that lesson, maybe you will be ready for the next >> >> lesson. Until you've got at least that far, though, I see little point in >> >> trying to communicate further with you, since you have not yet demonstrated >> >> an ability to learn from the answers you are given. >> >> >> >> >> >Hei Are you guys up for some fighting freaks?If thats the case,I would >> >be ready! >> >> (I was going to stay out of this, but maybe just one post .... ) >> >> I think we might have guessed that. >> >> >And when you have learned that lesson to say the way I suggested, maybe >> >you will be ready for the next lesson. Until you've got at least that >> >far, though, I see little point in trying to communicate further with >> >you, since you have not yet demonstrated an ability to learn from the >> >answers you are given. >> >> Ah, so putting spaces after punctuation *is* something you're able to >> do. Good. >> >> As far as I can tell, heretofore you've resisted making this change >> not because it was unreasonably difficult to do (I mean, it's not >> as if you're being asked to comply with grammar and usage rules >> that would require time and trouble to master -- this is a simple >> mechanical change) but because the way in which you were asked to >> make the change didn't strike you as sufficiently polite. >> >> That and the above paragraph ("And when you have learned ....") >> suggests an attitude that is not going to endear you to the very people >> from whom you're requesting help. Is it really more important to >> you to make whatever point you think you're making (about being asked >> politely, I guess) than to get answers to your technical questions, >> free of charge? Sometimes small amounts of sucking up, judiciously >> applied, pay off in high-quality technical help. Up to you whether >> that seems worth it, I guess. > >I would agree with your point. But, while people answer,they should not >take some one for a task and also blame one whole country and pour all >outrage on some one.While real answer matters , moving to pin pointing >mistakes is only going to make it offtopic and because of this, you >wont even feel like understanding people in right way, when they are >impolite to you.Anyway in this case,it does not seem to be a small >sucking , given the fact , somany people out there pouring outrage >against low cost offshoring in this single thread! Well .... I made a mistake in assuming that you were the person who originally posted asking for help. I've just reviewed the beginning of the thread again, and your first contribution was (paraphrasing) "don't assume that everyone in India is like the OP." That is a reasonable point to make, and you didn't ask for help, so my comments don't really apply. Still, it seems to me that the first person who commented on your posting style (no space after punctuation) did so fairly mildly, and if you're interested in getting people to listen to what you have to say, it's not a bad idea to spend a little extra time making it easier for them. (The standard argument here is that there's one writer and many readers, so it makes sense for the one writer to invest a little time to make it easier for the many readers.) I don't quite get why you seem to be so resistant to making what seems like an easy change, but maybe at this point it's become a matter of principle for you, or something. -- | B. L. Massingill | ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor. .