The idle gui
Dave Angel
davea at davea.name
Fri Mar 13 21:35:38 EDT 2015
On 03/13/2015 09:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> sohcahtoa82 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>> We need more information than just "It doesn't work". You wouldn't go to
>> a car mechanic and say "It makes a funny noise", would you? No.
>
> Actually, most likely yes.It's remarkably hard to describe noises, and often
> difficult to pin-point where they come from. My wife and I can sit in the
> same car, listening to the same noise, and she swears it is coming from the
> front left and I'm sure its coming from the rear right. (Invariably she's
> correct.)
>
> But at least the car mechanic can jump in the car and take it for a drive.
>
Not if you don't take it to him. If you just call him on the phone, and
say "Jimmy doesn't work" he doesn't even know what make and model the
vehicle is. Or whether it's even a car. Maybe "it" is a son who
refuses to get a job.
--
DaveA
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