Re: Giving an application a window icon in a sensible way
- From: "Twisted" <twisted0n3@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 Nov 2006 05:33:27 -0800
blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Here's what you said, as part of the post that I originally replied to:
one case involved
some construct that had to be wrapped in something to work, but whoever
posted it neglected to mention that fact; the n00b naturally just
pasted the construct in without doing anything else and detonated his
project into the next century, then logged on and detonated the
newsgroup. It took weeks for that particular thread to die and it ended
up with over 500 postings...
That sounded to me like a reference to a specific thread. If I was
mistaken, okay.
It was, but not a thread I participated in, and it was only mentioned
to serve as an example. No thread I did participate in there is at all
germane to this discussion. Nor is any mention of such at all welcome.
Somebody else mentioned a
specific thread. It is that that I considered to be stepping outside
the bounds.
That was probably me, but again, it sounded to me like you had already
made reference to a specific thread.
Not the same one. You yourself pointed out that the numbers of postings
differed; one was over 500 and the other under 400. (I don't remember
the exact number you quoted.)
No. But this misunderstanding is my fault. What I'm disagreeing
with is your characterization of c.t.t. That wasn't clear from where
I put my reply with regard to quoted text.
Unfortunately, the evidence is that my characterization is not
inaccurate. Half-baked advice is given there more frequently than it is
given here, and so are sales pitches (soft-pedaled for the most part,
admittedly). I'd judge the number of flaming l00serz that nitpick
things to death and jump down peoples' throats for their perceived
inadequacies instead of sticking to the original topic of a thread to
be about equal, and too damn high in *both* newsgroups.
So apparently when I described my skimming of c.t.t. as "following
the group" it came across as meaning that I follow it closely, which
wasn't what I meant. I don't read every thread in the group by
any means.
Neither do I.
I guess I *do* assume that the ones I do read, or skim,
are a representative sample with regard to how helpful (or not) the
regulars are.
Evidently not.
.
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