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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Stefan Weiss wrote:

> On 2012-02-21 13:44, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Stefan Weiss wrote:
>>> I could be mistaken about the details, but I'm too lazy to look it up
>>> now (it's late, and the wine was good).
>> It would appear to be prudent if one, in good scientific tradition,
>> refrained from making claims that one is unable or unwilling to
>> substantiate.
> 
> Where do you think you are, the Royal Society? A simple correction would
> have been enough, but you chose to ignore four hints at uncertainty
> ("IIRC"; "could be mistaken"; didn't look it up; had wine) to
> pontificate about scientific tradition. Get a life.

I daresay you would not have corrected yourself later.  If I had not taken 
the time for a correction, and nobody else would have tested or corrected 
you, the false claim would still be there.  Making such claims is ultimately 
harmful, in particular for beginners, and should be avoided.

It is particularly illogical of you to make such a claim on the grounds of 
unwillingness ("lazy") or an unfit condition ("the wine was good").  For you 
can make *and* substantiate the claim *later* when you are willing and fit 
for an answer (no matter if the reasoning for the claim turns out to be 
correct or not).


PointedEars
-- 
Prototype.js was written by people who don't know javascript for people
who don't know javascript. People who don't know javascript are not
the best source of advice on designing systems that use javascript.
  -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <f806at$ail$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>