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    On 19/08/2011 1:41 PM, Junior Nebeker wrote:
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cite="mid:CABP3NhnXk-qtBzPwVDkKgwuJiihZ-ANXbutAVtjPtnNCA26Kpw@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Correct.&nbsp; Other people (who are new to this list) need
      your help, and unless their requests are way out of line, there's
      no reason to adopt a haughty attitude in responding. <br>
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    There's never a case for rudeness, but when (for example) people
    have been asking questions on the mailing list for years and still
    haven't absorbed the advice available here <a
      href="http://www.gromacs.org/Support">http://www.gromacs.org/Support</a>,
    then one can get frustrated. Expressing a little of that can help
    people realise how to participate more effectively in the
    discussion. One's family doctor can ask a lot of patient questions
    about what is wrong because you're paying them a lot of money. If
    people who might give free help don't feel that their time is
    valued, they might stop giving it. One way of demonstrating this is
    to ask questions that show one's willingness to work on the problem
    by providing lots of relevant diagnostic information. See
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a><br>
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    Mark<br>
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    P.S. I'm not intending to express particular criticism of the
    original poster in this thread<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Mark
        Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>
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          <div class="im">On 19/08/2011 9:32 AM, Junior Nebeker wrote:<br>
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              Hey mark,<br>
              <br>
              If you are really sick of asking people for such
              information, why do you even care to respond to this
              mailing list?<br>
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          Because I'd rather teach someone to fish than either give them
          fish or watch them starve.
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              Mark<br>
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