Russell,
the guy is a Human also, regadless of nation, religion etc.
You may not want spend your time teaching him basics.
But you shouldn't try to "scare him off on the first encounter",
I think, as you did.=20
 If I was in his place, I certainly wouldn't be offended. But=20
nobody knows in advance it about particular person=20
especially from some countries.
 As for me, it's not a constructive way to heighten tension=20
(accidentally, of course) bettween folks now. :-)

 Mike.

Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>Russell McMahon wrote:
> > But what the hey guys (and gals), number one seems the
> > highest probability
> > so lets go for that boots and all shall we?
> > If it's right (as it probably is) we'll certainly put
> > (presumably) him in
> > his place, won't we. If it's wrong we'll probably scare him
> > off on the first
> > encounter and won't need to be bothered anyway. Lets do it!
>=20
> Russel, you might have noted that beside informing the guy=20
> that what he
> posted sounds all too much like a student looking for an last-day
> all-in-one solution for his assignment (which is a stupid thing to do,
> as recent history shows this way of asking is not likely to get a
> usefull response, so that part of my response *is* to the point and
> usefull for the receiver if he ever wants to try a question again), I
> also put him (a little bit) in the right direction, so if he=20
> just wants
> a good hint, he might (with some more work! he guy, this is=20
> not heaven,
> you will have to do *some* work!) be able to do his assignment. So
> actually I went for *both* of your interpretations...
>=20
> Wouter van Ooijen

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