From: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
To: mark@codesourcery.com
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Apology
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 02:16:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9912301025.AA18474@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> (raw)
I think that *all* of us need to remember to watch our tempers, and
try hard, before hitting the send button, to make sure the words we
have written convey what we mean them to convey.
The other thing we have to remember is that it's always a very risky
proposition to try to read "tone" into email since the cues that we use
to do that in normal communication aren't present and we tend to read tone
from precise word choices. But quite often the person sending the mail
doesn't have (or isn't spending) the time to *make* those precise choices.
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From: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
To: mark@codesourcery.com
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Apology
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:54:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9912301025.AA18474@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> (raw)
Message-ID: <19991231235400.t7pZzWe247PmQVHIY27LEW6qgl3Yg_K3DgoFPgnbvVc@z> (raw)
I think that *all* of us need to remember to watch our tempers, and
try hard, before hitting the send button, to make sure the words we
have written convey what we mean them to convey.
The other thing we have to remember is that it's always a very risky
proposition to try to read "tone" into email since the cues that we use
to do that in normal communication aren't present and we tend to read tone
from precise word choices. But quite often the person sending the mail
doesn't have (or isn't spending) the time to *make* those precise choices.
next reply other threads:[~1999-12-30 2:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-30 2:16 Richard Kenner [this message]
1999-12-31 23:54 ` Apology Richard Kenner
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-12-06 15:14 apology Jade
1999-12-29 18:14 Apology Jeffrey A Law
1999-12-29 21:43 ` Apology Mark Mitchell
1999-12-31 23:54 ` Apology Mark Mitchell
1999-12-31 23:54 ` Apology Jeffrey A Law
1997-08-26 18:57 apology Joe Buck
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