[DL] Repeat Questions (was: Black Circle Errata)

["Heivilin, Jim" <banzai@missouri.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Downs [mailto:knick_nevin@yahoo.com]
> Subject: Re: [DL] Black Circle Errata [really Off-Topic]
> --- Munch Wolf <munchwolf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Is it just me or does this letter below seem rude? 
> It's just you, i wasn't trying to be rude, just trying
> 
This answer seems a tad petulant to me.  Perhaps not rude per se.  

> > The answer is ignored, and the question asked again.
> in my opinion, the answer was not sufficient
>  
We as a list humble apologize that we were unable to meet your needs
immediately and in a complete manner.  After all, we're only here to meet
YOUR needs!  

What is it about our society today that produces a plethora of people who
HAVE to have the answer NOW and it has to be personally tailored and
DELIVERED (and why haven't I gotten it yet?)?  

If you don't like Mom's answer, often times asking Dad isn't going to get
you a better answer.  Or is it?  (never worked for me ... "What did your
Mother say?")

<snip>
> I know about the archive, but invariably I never find
> what I'm looking for, it's easier to ask a question on
> the list. Somebody will respond, sometimes several
> somebodies. I apologize if this offends you.
> 
While it may be easier to ask the question again it produces a feature of
the list which I personally find annoying.  I've been here a number of years
and so I've seen quite a few discussions.  Most are of little or no interest
and I delete them out of hand.  Some few are PDF (pretty damn funny) and I
enjoy them.  Some few are of game interest and I keep them.  

However I see the same questions again and again and again and again in a
(very tedious) cycle.  It gets old.  However I firmly believe what my father
(who was a teacher for 25 years) taught me when he said there was no such
thing as a stupid question.  So I don't necessarily want to discourage
anyone from asking questions.  I don't know that I've heard the question
before until you ask it.  

However I usually try to find out the answer to any question I have before I
ask it in public.  Just in case the answer is obvious.  So if I find it
before I ask, I won't look like a fool in public (it happens enough
otherwise I don't need to try).  

Just MHO (well perhaps not so humble). 
Jim