On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Ray Van Dolson rayvd@bludgeon.org wrote:
Someone around for 10 years much less 51 years would know that Karanbir's style of communication should be considered "blunt" and not offensive. It's a common style of communication for developers. I never take it personally...
Excellent advice, especially for newbies and non-nerds.
I read an interesting take on "why" once. Can't remember the link though... nerds need to remember that normal folk appreciate niceities in conversation, and normal folk need to remember that nerds are often very blunt but aren't really trying to be offensive.
In which case, a nerd with 51 years experience should understand (instead of complaining).
And for the record, top posting is evil (but ubiquitous thanks to MS Outlook and friends) and I much prefer mailing lists to forums. :)
Then you must also be a nerd.
(Me, too, of course!)
mhr