Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: file type not allowed in /usr/lib

[Matt Randolph <mattr@erols.com>]

Simon Stelling wrote:

>
> First, I didn't really want to offend you, although I have to admit 
> that a few statements were rather harsh. I didn't feel offended, and I 
> know you didn't want to say my answer was incompetent. However, if I 
> *were* the questioner, I'd feel offended, since I don't need 
> everything explained twice, and if I don't get it, I ask further 
> questions. Generally explaining it a second time somehow implies that 
> I didn't get it the first time, but perhaps that's just me.


Google "Active Listening."  Basically, active listening means that you 
repeat everything another person says but you put it in your own words.  
This shows the other person that you're actually paying attention, and 
it helps to reveal any miscommunication the instant it occurs.  It's a 
management technique and a tool used in conflict resolution/avoidance.  
I'm NOT saying that's what happened here, but your words suggest to me 
that you _might_ be unprepared if someone used active listening on you.

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