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Dave,
For reference, your complete original message:
> Also, in general, saying "this doesn't work" is not likely to generate
> any responses, because you don't actually state the actual vs. desired
> behavior.
>
> I don't call up tech support and say "My TV doesn't work." And wait for
> them to tell me why not.
>
> Well, actually, I did once, because I was angry and had already called a
> half-dozen times, but that's a pathological usecase.
Dave Newton wrote:
> Actually, I suggested the poster to encapsulate the question and provide
> enough information to allow people to answer it without having to
> investigate further than the post, which in this case would have been
> trivial.
Please highlight the relevant sections. You requested nothing. You said,
in effect, "nobody is going to answer your question".
> I'd also suggest that telling a poster that providing more information
> is more likely to lead to an answer is an implicit request for more
> information, which seems obvious to me.
It clearly wasn't obvious to the OP, or else he would have provided that
information. Since you continued to assume that a request for more
information was obvious, you failed to request it, resulting in a
dubiously useful post.
>> If you aren't interested in answering the question, then don't bother
>> posting.
>
> ... Hrm.
If that's a "hrm" in reference to my claiming that a non-answering post
is useless, then let me correct you. My post (which certainly did not
attempt to answer the question) should be considered a "list etiquette
reminder".
- -chris
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