From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Yes/no -> because [Was: send from queue]
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:10:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871v40agmu.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4lfwsgvmgb.fsf@news.eternal-september.org>
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:59:32 +0100, Richard wrote:
>>>>>> I got confused by your long explanations I think. Couldn't your entire
>>>>>> article be summed up as "I'd like the D s functionality found in drafts
>>>>>> to work in queue as well"?
>>>>> Because its not the same thing.
>>>> I am asking you "Couldn't your entire query be summed up as X" and you
>>>> answer "Because its not the same thing". Your answer doesn't parse for
>>>> me.
>>> It couldnt be summed up as X because it wasnt just X. There was the open
>>> confusion about the differences between drafts and queues too. Like a
>>> lot of gnus the power comes, sometimes, at a cost - its not always as
>>> simple as "X" because of overlap-
>> I'm sorry, I don't follow you at all.
>> Please read the two first quotes above, and tell me:
>> Do you really mean to say that you think your answer to my question
>> above made sense?
> Yes. Perfect sense.
The FIRST TWO quotes (shown above in this email)?
>> I think I was asking a yes/no question.
> I'm unsure of how "it couldnt be summed up as X" is unclear.
It isn't.
But I asked you to re-read the FIRST TWO quotes. Where you answer a
yes/no question with "Because...".
The "it couldn't be summed up as X" is the FOURTH quote above.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-25 20:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-25 13:44 send from queue Richard Riley
2011-01-25 16:07 ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-25 18:38 ` Richard Riley
2011-01-25 18:48 ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-25 18:59 ` Richard Riley
2011-01-25 19:56 ` Yann Hodique
2011-01-25 21:22 ` Richard Riley
2011-01-25 20:10 ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
2011-01-25 20:11 ` Sending from queue/drafts [Was: send from queue] Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-25 20:11 ` send from queue Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-25 16:39 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-01-25 18:40 ` Richard Riley
2011-01-25 18:49 ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-25 19:00 ` Richard Riley
2011-01-25 20:12 ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-01-26 12:26 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-01-26 13:29 ` Richard Riley
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