I think this whole
discussion is becoming increasingly ridiculous, but here's a thought; the next
time the same person is stuck with something, I bet they'll now search through
the archives; maybe they previously didn't know they were
searchable.
I'm sure that Kieren had no intention of being
condescending; and it certainly wouldn't have hurt for David to have given him
the benefit of the doubt.
Let me counter your anecdote with a similar line: Give a man food, and he
can live for a week. Teach him to farm, and he can feed himself for a
lifetime.
Stewart
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:58
PM
Subject: Re: Swing Eighths Marking
Markus Schneider wrote:
Have you ever considered that your question has
probably been already discussed, and that showing you the right
keyword for searching is the quickest solution.
No it isn't the "quickest" solution. the
"quickest" solution would
have been to just give the guy a URL, as we see
in another response
below.
... indeed it has and an almost "ready-to-use" example can be found here:
http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=20
But we didn't give him a URL did we. We gave him step by
step
instructions on how to search an archive for a keyword. Even
though it was actually a lot more effort to write out those step
by
step instructions that it would have been to paste a URL.
Do you
understand the meaning of the word "condescending"?
People know when they
are being talked down to.
An anecdote:
I teach for a living. The
other day a university student (well - a
management student anyways) asked
me in all honesty how
many zeroes there were in a million because they
truly didn't
know. Hard to believe I know - but true. And an astounding
inditement of modern education I agree. I could have expressed
my
astonishment loudly and vocally and made witty comments in
a
"condescending" (that word again) tone of voice. I could have
turned
this into a joke for the rest of the class. But apart from
inflating my
own ego and crushing the fragile ego of the student,
what would that have
achieved? This student trusted me enough
to ask this question in the first
place mostly because they knew
by then that I don't play those kind of
games.
Think about it.
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