From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Han Boetes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup method Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 05:14:24 +0100 Message-ID: <20050128041445.GJ6167@boetes.org> References: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> <01c5042e$Blat.v2.4$728a4c40@zahav.net.il> <20050127052734.GG6167@boetes.org> <01c504a8$Blat.v2.4$51b28d00@zahav.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106885832 14703 80.91.229.6 (28 Jan 2005 04:17:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 28 05:17:05 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CuNZB-0001u2-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 05:17:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CuNla-0001a0-2r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:29:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CuNkF-00013i-QO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:28:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CuNk4-0000wB-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:28:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CuNk3-0000vq-SN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:28:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.120.147.78] (helo=boetes.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CuNWb-0006L5-Pw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:14:26 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 15150 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Jan 2005 04:14:46 -0000 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01c504a8$Blat.v2.4$51b28d00@zahav.net.il> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32603 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32603 You pointed out to me that my initial idea was not the right one by formulating it as a rhetorical question. Which is a terribly unforgiving way to point out someone made a mistake. You didn't even bother to notice my further corrected findings. I _admitted_ I was wrong and _suggested_ you should not use rhetorical questions to point out peoples mistakes. And now you answer with this! Some cheek! Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Han Boetes > > > > > So you had a very specific problem, and you are suggesting > > > to change the defaults of _all_ users just because of that > > > one problem? > > > > You are absolutely right, that's exactly what I suggested. I > > also suggest you make a study on rhetorical questions and I > > hope you find out why you should avoid them. > > It wasn't clear to me that you understood it was a rhetorical > question. > > As long as we agree that your suggestion is based on a specific > problem of a single user, I'm happy, since your arrogant > attitude suggests that we have little hope of having a useful > discussion. # Han