🚀 go-pugleaf

IMO, if I am repyling to a global newsgroup sutch as
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, there should be proper currency specifications.
I understand that there are other countries out there that use $ as thier
currency symbol, but again, in this case, since there are more than one
meaning of $ it loses it's meaning as a unit solely from that fact that it
no longer specifies a spcific value, rather it has become a generalization.

these are yout accusations against me:

> a) assumed all users are at your level of assumed expertise when it is
> clearly false;
> b) applied your own ideals on to others;
> c) ignored important sources of evidence;
> d) made rash and ill informed commentary;


a - sorry for beeing an optimist and giving people the benefit of the doubt.
next time I post I will make shure I treat everyone like an idiot because I
should assume they are...well.....according to you

b - I have not applied a single ideal to another person.  I don't see
anywhere that I said that US currency is the only one on earth that is
called the dollar and is represented by the $.  In this case I think one of
your fellow Australians applied his ideals on the rest of the world, at
least the non-australian people of alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, his ideals
of everyone in here beeing Australian, I suggest you pick this bone with
him.

c + d - these are the same statement written in a different mannar, so i
will address them at the same time.  You say that I "ignored important
sources of evidence" and "made rash and ill informed commentary".  I agree
that I may have acted a bit in haste.  However I don't believe that it is my
job to research the origin of a post before a reply.  What information was
given to me within the post is what I reacted to and I believe that in my
context, I am justified.  Even though this person did post to other
newsgroups, nobody knows for shure what he means by $.  The implication is
that is AU$ but since it is not specified, there is no real way of telling.
I think in this case there was a lack of information and therefore, a gross
lack of communication.  If someone tells you to go get the green box in the
next room, you walk over there and there are 5 green boxes, all different
shades, would you be at fault for picking the wrong one???  You say you
would be, I say that the person making the request didn't fulfill his/her
duties in specification, rendering communication useless.  Ever wonder why
your teachers are so strict about units, well here you have it.



- e1000


"Alien Spawn" <invasion@crosswinds.net> wrote in message
news:39fbaf52$0$28145$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
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> "e1000" <noone@biteme.com> wrote in message
> news:8tair9$66a@dispatch.concentric.net...
> > lol - this one's a good one.
> >
>
> It sure is
>
> > so even after all the bitching and moaning about not crossposting, I
> should
> > ALWAYS check for the idiot who did right.
>
> Well if you want to start an action, you should at least examine all the
> evidence.
>
> > I am not saying that the US is the only country out there.  I am not
> saying
> > that the US is the only one that calls it's currncy Dollars and uses the
> > symbol $.  My reaction to read $ as US dollars simply stems from the
fact
> > that I live in the US, and are exposed to the US dollar in every aspect
of
> > my life.
>
> True. but the world is now an interconnected global village. And other
> countries that use $ are exposed to it in every aspect of their life.
>
> > What I am saying is that if this person had not CROSSPOSTED, or
> > specified a specific monetary unit and origin, none of this would have
> > happened.
>
> But if you are so smart, then maybe you would have an understanding that
the
> world insofar as comms are concerned is  a very small interconnected arena
> and if you are experienced in usenet and ecomms in general then you should
> have the ability and forsight to understand and correctly react to the
> possibility of errors and perhaps naive postings from less experienced
users
> and after examining all the evidence available then state your case. Had
you
> checked the message source, and the posting list you (and any half decent
8
> year old) would have realised the mistake.
>
> In this instance you have:
>
> a) assumed all users are at your level of assumed expertise when it is
> clearly false;
> b) applied your own ideals on to others;
> c) ignored important sources of evidence;
> d) made rash and ill informed commentary;
>
>
> cheers.
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