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| From | Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: A question for this group... |
| Date | 2012-05-15 20:56 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <jouftb$203$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <jou4fd$5uh$1@news.xmission.com> <3lqa89-n19.ln1@wilbur.25thandClement.com> |
On Tue, 15 May 2012 13:24:35 -0700, William Ahern wrote: > Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote: >> If somebody asks: >> >> Why does it hurt when I stick my finger in a light socket? >> >> Is it universally true that the only possible answer is: >> >> Don't stick your fingers in light sockets. >> >> Is it really true that an explanation of how electricity works and how >> your body is a conductor (and, in particular, how the real issue is how >> well grounded your body is) is never appropriate? >> >> This seems to be the attitude of this group - see in particular the >> recent "Program Output" thread. > > Your light socket analogy is a perfect example. Anyone who has grown up > in an electrified civilization knows from an extremely early age that > electricity can be dangerous, and that a light socket is associated with > electricity . With this background knowledge, they would never ask "why > does it hurt when I do X" unless they were being lazy or naive. If he > weren't lazy or naive, he would have made the association with > electricity and reformed the question appropriately. > > A common response to both laziness and naivety is sarcasm. It signals to > the person that they need to rethink their question in a very > fundamental way; that perhaps they're in deeper water than they think. > > I went through the thread you mentioned (sans Google Groups posts). I > think the responses were just fine. They rightfully didn't talk down to > the OP. The responses were accurate, and they signaled to the OP that > his analytical investment in the issue was poor. If he can't interpret > that signal, then he's not prepared to learn anything. I agree with this. Many posters to this group are lazy, ignorant, stupid or all three. There's only so much time and effort it's worth putting into helping someone swim, when natural selection seems to have chosen that person to sink.
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A question for this group... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-05-15 17:41 +0000
Re: A question for this group... "Chine Bleu, Russie Blanche, et Khmer Rouge" <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-15 10:44 -0700
Re: A question for this group... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-05-15 14:06 -0400
Re: A question for this group... William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-05-15 13:24 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2012-05-15 20:56 +0000
Re: A question for this group... nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-05-16 03:41 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Old Wolf <oldwolf@inspire.net.nz> - 2012-05-16 02:31 -0700
Re: A question for this group... nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-05-16 03:53 -0700
Re: A question for this group... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-05-16 14:08 +0000
Re: A question for this group... Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-16 14:49 +0000
Re: A question for this group... Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2012-05-16 14:59 +0000
Re: A question for this group... Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-05-16 16:05 +0000
Re: A question for this group... Old Wolf <oldwolf@inspire.net.nz> - 2012-05-16 14:29 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-05-16 18:18 -0500
Re: A question for this group... Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> - 2012-06-23 23:22 -0500
Re: A question for this group... Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-25 02:41 -0700
Re: A question for this group... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-06-25 16:29 +0000
Re: A question for this group... nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-26 08:27 -0700
Re: A question for this group... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-06-27 09:05 +0000
Re: A question for this group... nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-27 03:57 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-06-27 13:49 +0000
Re: A question for this group... "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-06-28 09:19 +0200
Re: A question for this group... nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-28 01:59 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-28 04:18 -0700
Re: A question for this group... Heikki Kallasjoki <fis+usenet@zem.fi> - 2012-06-28 12:14 +0000
Re: A question for this group... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-28 08:28 -0400
Re: A question for this group... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-28 08:33 -0400
Re: A question for this group... Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-06-28 13:07 -0700
Re: A question for this group... David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2012-07-19 02:40 -0400
Re: A question for this group... "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-06-28 18:58 +0200
Re: A question for this group... Andrew Cooper <amc96@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-06-29 01:11 +0100
Re: A question for this group... Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-07-05 00:21 -0700
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Re: A question for this group... Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-07-06 17:43 -0700
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