[MPlayer-users] mencoder encoding time?

[Thomas Malt]

Stephen Davies <steve at daviesfam.org> writes:

| [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
| 
| 
| On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Robert Kasunic wrote:
| 
| > just 10 minutes ago you posted an excerpt from
| > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html:
| > 
| >          "Courtesy never hurts, and sometimes helps"
| > 
| > So, tell us, why don't YOU observe these rule, too?

Well, I really tried to be helpful and really tried to give a
constructive answer to his problem. I apologize if you don't think my
answer was courteous enough. I thought I was courteous.

But at the same time I tried to make _a_little_ fun of his question in
a subtle way. 

I strongly believe it is possible to give both good and constructive
answers to obvious or poorly stated questions at the same time as
using ironic/sarcastic humor as a corrective measure without being
blatantly rude or offensive to the poor user.


| > 
| > ...
| > 
| > BTW: The smilie doesn't help!

I'm really curious to learn which part of my answer offended you.

| 
| HUH?  His formula, which could be taken as mildy ironic humour (and may
| have been intended that way)

_exactly_ what I intended.

|, is light years away from the rudeness some
| on the list seem to relish displaying.

_exactly_ the point I was trying to make.

Thomas
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