Comments on: Is it really too much to ask? http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mark http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-51025 Mark Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:59:56 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-51025 eBay Is another fine example of a place where many can't be bothered to read the bloody webpage before asking questions. Something I routinely sell on eBay has my most common question answered within the first few lines of the auction description, yet I routinely receive emails asking that exact question. It's tempting to give these idiots a piece of my mind in the response, but it probably wouldn't do much for my sales, so I just grit my teeth. eBay Is another fine example of a place where many can’t be bothered to read the bloody webpage before asking questions.

Something I routinely sell on eBay has my most common question answered within the first few lines of the auction description, yet I routinely receive emails asking that exact question.

It’s tempting to give these idiots a piece of my mind in the response, but it probably wouldn’t do much for my sales, so I just grit my teeth.

]]> By: BK http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50615 BK Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:21:42 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50615 Shocking? Yes Unforgivable? Absolutely Unexpected? Recalibrate your cynic-o-matic. Shocking? Yes
Unforgivable? Absolutely

Unexpected? Recalibrate your cynic-o-matic.

]]> By: Stephen Harris http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50613 Stephen Harris Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:27:12 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50613 A friend of mine, Dr Nikos Drakos, wrote Latex2Html. A mistake he made was to make the program put a signature on each page ("converted by latex2html" plus his name and email address). Why was this a mistake? Because he would receive _lots_ of emails from people on obscure topics simply because a LaTeX document had been converted using his program and the people reading the resulting web page assumed _he_ was the document author. Guh. A friend of mine, Dr Nikos Drakos, wrote Latex2Html. A mistake he made was to make the program put a signature on each page (”converted by latex2html” plus his name and email address). Why was this a mistake? Because he would receive _lots_ of emails from people on obscure topics simply because a LaTeX document had been converted using his program and the people reading the resulting web page assumed _he_ was the document author.

Guh.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50612 Jen Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:11:59 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/09/17/is-it-really-too-much-to-ask#comment-50612 I work in technical support. I assure you that reading a web page before asking a question is way too much to ask of most people. I work in technical support. I assure you that reading a web page before asking a question is way too much to ask of most people.

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