Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless

Jenda Krynicky wrote:
>
> From: "Omega -1911" <1911que@gmail.com> 
>
> Sometimes the best help you can get is a slap and an explanation why
> you got it. You might not like it at the moment, but it can help you
> get the kind of attention you desire later. If you don't stop
> listening.

Almost never I believe (although I'm not at all clear what you mean by
"[a slap can] help you get the kind of attention you desire".
 
>
> If you find an answer ambiguous ask for clarification! It's not
> always possible assess the knowledge of the other party correctly and
> be exactly as detailed as necessary without wasting the time and
> boring the recipient with an overdetailed response.

Precisely. So it's entirely possible, for instance, that a poster may
never have even heard of the Perl FAQ, so a curt line of sarcasm asking
why he didn't look there first is useless.

> And I don't see what has got the ad to do with things. Except the fact
> that Randal actually does have hands on experience teaching Perl.

Hey, if Randal can get upset by daft disclaimers, why can't someone else
take offence at a long advertising sig?

Rob