Barry <i18n@...> wrote:

> Does that mean the use of any words here is fair game to ask and
> expect an answer? At what point should we be expected to look stuff up
> in our preferred sources before demanding help on elementary topics?

*Any* words? No, of course not. As a programmer, I recognized "client"
as a special, industry-specific use of a common English word. I'm
certain Peter knows the ordinary English meaning of "client," but this
is practically jargon -- "elementary" for us, but maybe not for someone
who is professedly not interested in computer topics.

> Doug - it is never less work to tell someone to google a term then it
> is to define it. That Peter is just being stubborn is why I moved this
> to an off-topic thread.

It would have been a lot less work for everyone involved, including
those of us reading it.

Well, at least I got something out of it. I didn't know about the
(define:"term") construction before, and found it did a pretty good job.
I'll think of it next time.

> Gotta say I am surprised how many people are still reading this
> thread.

I get the digest. I have to "read" everything, even if just skimming it
to see if I care. Subject lines aren't much help, since they are often
not updated when the topics drifts (which is true of most mailing
lists).

This list has become even more mean-spirited than before. More than
ever, the preferred topics are not writing systems, but other people's
stupidity, other people's laziness, and other people's stubbornness.
Maybe I should have unsubscribed last month while I was thinking about
it. Maybe now would be a good time.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/