From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2GhP-0008Hi-Qv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:06:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j78N4Ydi015708; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 23:04:34 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [216.148.227.89]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j78N4XYp024483 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 23:04:33 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.123] (pcp04370732pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.218.245]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20050808230454014008gbbce>; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 23:04:55 +0000 Message-ID: <42F7E516.2030103@erols.com> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:04:54 -0400 From: Matt Randolph User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050723) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: file type not allowed in /usr/lib References: <42F53B6D.1080908@burnieanglican.org.au> <42F66B78.1030708@gentoo.org> <42F7B071.7060603@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <42F7B071.7060603@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8744a8c3-1ec6-4280-af00-d6bc974d22e6 X-Archives-Hash: a6df72e8e94ee70e7d1c7f35c427cd76 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. -- "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate" - W. of O. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list