At 10:36 AM 6/23/2003 +1200, Jinx wrote:

> >...there are those who give and those who
>like to take. I've a pretty good idea who the "takers" are and
>ignore them. Which isn't as brutal or churlish as "I've got what
>you want but you can't have it because you don't appreciate
>help", but the result is ultimately the same - they are denied
>what they want because of their demeanour

Don't suppose you'd care to elaborate on that, would you?  My own
experience with such things is that on any mailing list you can probably
divide people into about four categories:  (a)  Those who know everything,
(b) those who know a lot, (c) those who know a little, and (d) those who
know nothing.  People in categories c and d will almost never
respond.  People in category b will respond to queries that are pretty much
directly on point in their area of expertise.  People in category a respond
to everything, because they know everything.  (That last sounds bitter --
it is not meant that way -- they really do know everything, and whether we
like it or not every single mailing list is built around a few individuals
of this type).

John

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