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Re: Why “new”?

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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.

> What do you usually do if you're talking to someone

How is that relevant here?  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_.

> [...]
> 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 lazy question 
in the first place.

Pete

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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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