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Re: Why “new”?

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On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:07:45 +0800, Peter Duniho wrote:

> On 2/8/11 11:23 PM, Ken Wesson wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:24:13 +0800, Peter Duniho wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/8/11 7:17 PM, Ken Wesson wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Sure I could have tried mucking about with assorted google queries. I
>>>> just plain didn't feel like it. Satisfied?
>>>
>>> Yes.  That's all I wanted: your admission, even absent an apology,
>>> that you were lazy.
>>
>> But you didn't get it. I don't agree that it is "lazy" to ask someone
>> instead of googling.
> 
> Doesn't really matter whether you agree.  You admitted to behavior
> anyone else would describe as lazy.

No, I admitted to behave many other people would not describe as lazy. 
Efficient, perhaps.

>> What do you usually do if you're talking to someone
> 
> How is that relevant here?

If you'd bothered to read on, you'd know.

> We are not in a direct, face-to-face
> conversation.  It's a completely different type of interaction, one in
> which it's not only socially acceptable for you to remove yourself from
> the discussion momentarily in order to look something up, it's
> _expected_.

Acceptable, yes. Expected, no, I don't agree. And the burden of task-
switching is still there in both cases.

>> Furthermore, consider what happens if a number of people read a post
>> and, say, wonder what J is.
> 
> You are more than welcome to, instead of _asking_ what J is, follow-up
> with a post that _explains_ what J is.  No one is stopping you from
> that, any more than they are stopping you from asking the ... question
> in the first place.

I am also welcome to ask the question, since it is a) not too far off-
topic here, b) is apropos to a preceding post, c) is not phrased 
offensively, d) is not answered in the newsgroup's FAQ, and e) being 
asked in a country that has freedom of speech.

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Re: Why “new”? Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-02-09 01:07 +0800
  Re: Why “new”? Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-02-09 09:10 +0800
  Re: Why “new”? Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-08 19:49 +0100

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