Re: PDF Problem

[David Kastrup]

Aaron Andrew Hunt <address@hidden> writes:

> On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, address@hidden wrote:
>> Dewdman,
>> It might help to read this:
>> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html
>
> Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of Being
> a Complete A-Hole"
>
> No, programmers / hackers are smart folks and they are not customer
> service representatives, but many of them could really stand to be
> more ... like, uh, "normal" people, you know ... polite?

People like you seem to confuse the concept of "polite" with "servant".
Add to that the rather open insinuation that programmers are inferior
beings that should be naturally serving their "normal" superiors, and
you are placing yourself in a position where hypocrisy is the
overwhelming message.

Anyway, your rephrase is not to the point.  If you insist on being rude
and off-putting (namely a "Complete A-Hole"), you could at least reflect
the essence by paraphrasing this "How to address Complete A-Holes if you
intend to make them do work for you".

-- 
David Kastrup