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jean-jeanot
jean.moser at neuf.fr
Fri Aug 11 17:10:50 EDT 2006
Sorry, I regret my reaction.
Jean-jeanot
AlbaClause a écrit :
> jean-jeanot wrote:
>
> > Dear Sybrel,
> >
> > I am delighted to know that you have been enlighted through my
> > question.
> > I am aware of my stupidity and I would say of my ignorance.If all
> > Python users were not ignorant I suppose the Python group would be
> > superfluous. I would suggest that if if you think that a question is
> > supid please do not answer it.In French we say: "There is no stupid
> > question but answers can be stupid". For the citation of Zappa I am
> > convinced that when Zappa is speaking of world stupidity he is thinking
> > to stupidity and wickedness of mankind and not to ignorance.
>
> Ummm, he did not say that your question was stupid. The Zappa quote is
> included as part of what we refer to as a 'signature'. In the case of
> Sybren Stuvel's posts to this newsgroup, the Frank Zappa quote is included
> in every message that he posts. Not just messages that he posts to you.
>
> Secondly, I notice that when you quoted Sybren's message in your reply, your
> newsreader attributed the quoted text with: "Sybren Stuvel a écrit :"
> Likewise, when Sybren replied to your message, his newsreader attributed
> the quoted text with, "jean-jeanot enlightened us with:"
>
> Do you see what I mean? You didn't write "Sybren Stuvel a écrit" because
> Sybren was french, did you? Of course, not! Your mail/news application
> included that attribution by default. By the same token, Sybren's
> mail/news application defaulted to this attribution: 'jean-jeanot
> enlightened us with:"
>
> When reading people's responses to your queries, stick to the material that
> they actually "write" at the time of the response. Ignore the stuff that
> they entered while configuring their respective news/mail reader. Little
> items like message signatures and quote attributions are, at best,
> reflective of the personality and/or philosophy of the author, and say
> nothing of the person receiving the message. :-)
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