Sven Burmeister schrieb:
Am Donnerstag, 19. März 2009 12:37:53 schrieb Jens Nixdorf:
Sven Burmeister schrieb:
Pick the question of mail that started this discussion and should have got a sensible answer:
I was answering in this thread because it developes in a discussion about KDE and the handling of it and the behaviour of some people which are somehow connected to this topic. But in my posting i was referring to the KDE-issue generally, not to the threadstarter-posting specifically.
"Always" means "always", if you do not want people to understand it that way, please pick another word and do not blame others for reading what you wrote.
And if i read ahead in your answer to my posting, it seems that youre answering just confirms my statements.
How lame is that? You can place that phrase in any discussion and it does not mean/add anything.
Even this sentence is a confirmation of my first posting.
Further your "Always" is most certainly wrong since only a single
helping
answer in the archives would be enough. I bet there are more. So why did you use "always", is that the kind of not exaggerating that helps a constructive discussion?
This question i could give straight back. Do you think that your answering style is right adjusted corresponding to the text of the posting you have answered to, or ist it affected by your mood, maybe to much?
Answering a question with a question, nice.
Answering a question with nothing isnt better, i think.
Or are you just nitpicking?
You call me a nitpicker because you used the word "always" and I
understood it
the only way it can be, i.e. "always"? Honestly, that's lame. "Always" is absolute, there is no room for interpretation.
Yes, thats nitpicking. Common speech isnt "always" the same as the words are explained in a dictionary. Normally people do know, that the word "always" in a context like in my posting doesnt have to taken literally. Maybe except you. In another mail in this thread you wrote, that you are not exaggerating. How far from reality is this... But starting a discussion about words and their context is a good way to establish a second discussion, which is far from the first one. If this was your intention, you were successful.
Do you really expect that i replace my "always" with an exact statistic how much good and bad answers are giving to how many good or bad questions?
Exaggerating to not have to admit that "always" is a word easily replaced
by a
less absolute word like e.g. "often" if one did not intend to state "always". It's just too obvious.
OK, than take this word: "nearly". Or this: "almost". Put this word in front of my "always" and than go back to the real discussion. You call me lame? Hmm. Jens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org