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[Stanley Hopcroft]

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> I would like to add the following (sometimes entertaining) document:
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html .
> 

I think Mr Raymonds comments are a bit over the top and not as positive
as they could be.

If one asks a question 

'like a person with smarts, confidence, and clues who just happens to
need help on one particular problem.'

then one __becomes__ that sort of person.

Lists that expect a minimum standard of care and thoughtfulness in
asking become more useful, stimulating and attractive.

It does not help answering the same question over and over again: not
the answerer or the questioner. It is not a matter of rudeness or
cleverness; only efficiency and a willingness to encourage
participation, learning and action from everyone.

Yours sincerely.

-- 
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Stanley Hopcroft
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'...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a
manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...'

from Meditation 17, J Donne.


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