Bob Blick wrote:
> That's why you need to stay away from newbie posts, because you have a
> fundamental difference of opinion with Piclist policy.

Not with PIClist policy at least until two days ago.  This is something you
suddenly changed, then decided to punish me for infringing.

> Nobody is saying that newbies can't be corrected. It's that your
> process for doing it is no longer allowed.

Then you need to explain what exactly the allowed processes are.  You can't
just go secretly changing the rules and then punishing people for breaking
them.

You are overstepping your admin rights and authority.

> Just let other people handle the newbies.

That's unworkable.  Even at a purely logistic level, I don't remember
everyone's name or email address that ever posted so that new posters can b=
e
identified.  Expecting anyone to do that is absurd.

The really funny part here is that I'm about the only one that actually gav=
e
this particular OP concrete advice on his problem.  If I remember right, yo=
u
were the first one to mention this could be a homework problem (which I
thought was a reasonable assumption too, although it turned out to be
incorrect later).  I'm just pointing out we all have to make assumptions
when insufficient information is given, as in this case, and that sometimes
despite our experience with similar cases those assumptions can be wrong.
You nonetheless proceed with those assumptions until better information is
available.  Different people will make different assumptions and act
accordingly, like is this a homework assignment, does the OP know much
electronics, can he write english well, can he post files to the internet,
is he a student, a kid, a professional, etc.

All those assumptions color the responses.  Sometimes we're going to get
them wrong.  Of course we wouldn't need to be guessing if the OP had
provided better information and context in the first place.  Are you going
to now prohibit yourself from responding to newbies because you might have
insulted this one by presuming he was asking for help with a homework
assignment?  I think that would be silly, but that's basically what you're
doing to me.


********************************************************************
Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products
(978) 742-9014.  Gold level PIC consultants since 2000.
--=20
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
.