Re: [Somewhat More OT] Closed source software Was [Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]]
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On 04/05/08 19:51, Nate Duehr wrote:
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> On Apr 5, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
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>> I have seen direct evidence of the problem inherent in reply-to
>> munging. We had a student reply to an email thinking she was replying
>> only to the instructor and instead sent her tearful sounding pleas to
>> the entire class list. Not cool. Much better to err on the side of
>> sending mail to fewer people than the opposite.
>
>
> Call me a masochist if you like, but I think stuff like that IS cool.
> It also shows very dramatically the inherent problems with using e-mail
> for human communication.
>
> If she really was that distressed, why wasn't she in his office for
> office hours IMMEDIATELY?
>
> So much for human interaction.
And for proof-reading your work before you send it out...
> You can now beg and plead for important
> things in life from your iPhone while drinking a coffee at Starbucks.
> (I assume she was begging about a grade or needing help with the course
> material, or something similar if she was a student.)
>
> Progress? Not really. Maybe next year she can at least call him via a
> videoconference! LOL!
Totally ACK! This is the kind of situation that inflames my
crotchetiness gland and impels me to pull out my cane and ear horn.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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