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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re:Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Discussion

Oh, Doc, you reminded me of something funny if off topic. Years ago I was in an intensive training course for a new IT consulting job. We had a really dumb colleague, and the dialogue went like this:
 
Student: Excuse, but I have a stupid question.
Instructor: There is no such thing as a stupid question. We might all learn from it.
Student: OK... what happens if X?
Instructor: Whoa, there are no stupid questions EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE. Wow, how incredibly stupid!
Whole class: <uncontrollable laughter>
 
:)
 
Alec
-----Original Message-----
From: Doc [mailto:doc@bionicdolphin.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:51 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re:Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Discussion

I'm with you Jeremy, intellectual snobbery in an open forum especially from those with minimal actual experience turns my stomach.
If you can't say something nice or constructive, don't say anything at all! Go join a gossip chat room instead!

There is no such thing as a dumb question,,, only dumb answers.

Doc

Jeremy Crawford wrote:

I for one would like to express my disappointment in this forum.  Instead of engaging someone and coaching them on the pitfalls of subdesign, there are those who have ridiculed or treated ignorance with disdain rather than education.  We cannot educate those who leave this list feeling humiliated. The behavior of some here has been such that the reputation of this list is tarnished.  I would bet that almost everyone here has had an idea they thought revolutionary only to find out it has been done or the physics won't work. I know for me it was disappointing.  The fact that a person came here and was laughed off the forum is in my opinion inexcusable.  Sincerely,Jeremy Crawford
----- Original Message -----
From: BauWauHausDesign@aol.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Disc ussion
 SubClub

to those i have responded to privately, thanks and i look forward to our meeting. to the rest of you, goodbye, goodluck and may your boxes remain forever closed and safe as you apparently prefer them to be.

jeffrey