On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:56 PM, mike havens wrote: >> >> I think PLUG is an anomaly. It seems most people display snippety arrogance rather than help. >> [...] > > In reply to this quip: >> I think PLUG is an anomaly. It seems most people >> display snippety arrogance rather than help. > > IMHO: > There are [or at least there were, "in the past"] places (like, in > certain Usenet news groups), where the snippety arrogance is [/was], > "Piled Higher & Deeper" -- [by far] -- than here on PLUG-Discuss. > > OTOH, there may be some places that are (usually) more polite. > But overall, in my experience, considering the speed and quality of > help / advice available, and the tone here  (which does have its ups > and downs), I would give PLUG a "reasonably nice" rating. > YMMV. > -- > Mike Schwartz ooops, the above was written [by me] before I read the thread << "Help or arrogance (Was: Re: How to overcome a boot-up endless loop?)" >> it seems that I made a mistake (perhaps also made by Alan and Lisa, in that other thread?) (or is it a sub-thread?) and I misunderstood what mike havens meant. ...so, I could have saved myself some typing, if I had read that other thread first. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss