[Pan-users] Synchronous vs asynchronous (was Re: Command line use; download of nzb files does not stop)

[Ron Johnson]

On 11/05/2011 12:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 11/05/2011 09:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > It is common sense really: before pressing Send, consider how your email
> > will appear to the recipient. Will it make sense? Can they understand
> > what you are responding to? Do they have to scroll through 20 pages of
> > quoted text to see your reply?
>
> Another thing which should be automatic is to proofread your email
> before sending it. Are there any spelling errors? Have you used the
> wrong form of a word, i.e., using their where there belongs? Are there
> any known grammar or punctuation slipups? Not that I'm accusing you,
> Steven, of anything, just adding my own two cents (adjusted for
> inflation) to your excellent post.

Another benefit of asynchronous communications (email, usenet, web fora, 
snail mail) over synchronous communications (IM and verbal) is that they 
give you time to think, plan, hone, etc.

"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure 
to make it shorter."
Blaise Pascal

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