X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:40:15 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [1.7] su (goldstar) Message-ID: <20091120004015.GA14403@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <31b7d2790911191346g53aafad3w8a4196fc2cc0a859@mail.gmail.com> <20091119215258.GB14033@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >On 11/19/2009 02:52 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Hey, you know, this is goldstar worthy. You really reminded me of the >> right way to handle this type of question. Seriously. >> >> It's always best to provide more details than just "No". I forgot that. >> >> Thanks for (indirectly) reminding me. >Sometimes no is exactly the right answer. It's a fun way of answering a Yes/No question and I've done it countless times myself. The recipient of the "No" usually finds more explanation and, more importantly, alternate ways of doing things more useful. But, I was referring to myself. If you think it's a great way respond then knock yourself out. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple