Re: PDF Problem

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Aaron Andrew 
Hunt <address@hidden> writes
> On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > Dewdman,
> > It might help to read this:
> > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html
>
> Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of  Being 
> a Complete A-Hole"

It might also be called "how to avoid overwhelming people".
> No, programmers / hackers are smart folks and they are not customer 
> service representatives, but many of them could really stand to be 
> more ... like, uh, "normal" people, you know ... polite?

Well, you know how it is when your inbox is flooded with junk mail? It 
takes quite a while to get rid of it - time that would be better spent 
doing something productive - and that's just reading the subject line 
and hitting delete ...

Now imagine that you get the SAME flood of email, except that a lot of 
people have spent a lot of hours writing personally to you because they 
think you can help. Celebrities often have a TEAM of FULL TIME 
assistants to help them cope. Gurus don't.
> Just an idea!

How about another idea? Don't ask busy people to help you - they don't 
have time to help everyone so they might as well help nobody.

I don't mean to be rude, but think about it from the point of view of 
the person RECEIVING these requests for help. They're not paid to be on 
call 24/7.

Cheers,
Wol
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Anthony W. Youngman - address@hidden