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From: Tim Haynes (usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk)Date: 11/05/02
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From: Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:04:04 +0000
Richard Caley <MYFIRSTNAME@MYLASTNAME.org.uk> writes:
> th> But it's not too short for some people to post actively slagging it
> th> off without investigation?
>
> A quick usenet post takes 20 seconds. Evaluating a product takes a day at
> least (ok, real turkeys show themsleves qucker, but you have to plan on a
> day if you expect to find out if somethign is useful).
..and doing the right thing, keeping one's unsubstantiated opinions to
oneself, takes 0 seconds.
[snip]
>>> And have it presumed to be worthless.
>
> th> ...by people who presume things.
>
> Everyone presumes things. I presume my chair is not about to quantum-jump
> across the room and that adverts on usenet are from the clueless. neither
> is strictly certain, but both are good enough for real life.
But at least I don't see you personally jumping to the conclusion and
basically dissing the post. Others (unless I'm mistaken and it was you) have.
[snip]
> th> Sometimes, it appears, people need to be shaken up a little and to
> th> question their assumptions. *Especially* if they're going to force
> th> those opinions on others.
>
> It's hard to shake people loose from years of experience, because the
> experience is probably right and the shaker probably baying at the moon.
Unfortunately that has not been demonstrated here.
Rarrrooooooo...
~Tim
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