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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I can only think of Da Vinci's wise words: "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"<br><br><div>> To: users@lists.scilab.org<br>> From: cfuttrup@gmail.com<br>> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:51:11 +0200<br>> Subject: Re: [Scilab-users] Function<br>> <br>> Hi Christophe, et al.<br>> <br>> Sarcasm can create an unpleasant atmosphere, which is generally not <br>> desirable in a forum. Just ot be clear, I don't see any sarcasm in my <br>> own response. If you see it otherwise, please explain.<br>> <br>> When it comes to my points, please bear in mind that I did find the <br>> question by Peter Q highly suspicious. I think that very simple <br>> questions needs to be turned over and studied further. Also please be <br>> aware that if young people show up and need answers, it could interfere <br>> with educational programs. Therefore skepticism may be just right under <br>> certain circumstances.<br>> <br>> An approach for helpers in the forum could be, that if a question is <br>> very simple, consider asking questions, like for example "what is the <br>> general purpose?" - and/or - "can you explain more about the problem <br>> you're trying to solve?"<br>> <br>> I appreciate Samuels reply in that the answer may not be so simple, if <br>> the space is not a simple cartesian space. This was also part of the <br>> thoughts underlying my response. I was thinking, "where's the catch?"<br>> <br>> I do think that the forum members should be concerned with interfering <br>> with educational programs (like classes in school).<br>> <br>> Best regards,<br>> Claus<br>> <br>> On 30-09-2015 10:18, Dang, Christophe wrote:<br>> > Hello,<br>> ><br>> >> De : users [mailto:users-bounces@lists.scilab.org] De la part de Peter Q.<br>> >> Envoyé : mardi 29 septembre 2015 21:34<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks guys for answer.<br>> > You're welcome.<br>> ><br>> > I personally think that we should sometimes simply answer elementary questions without sarcasm, as it is good news: the popularity of Scilab increases and people start using it without being senior calculators (this is also for myself, as I confess I have been myself sometimes sarcastic).<br>> ><br>> > If we suspect some lazy student, maybe we could discuss to have a common and adapted answer, such as asking first for the formulas before helping coding it.<br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan<br>> > Mechanical calculation engineer<br>> > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error), please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > users mailing list<br>> > users@lists.scilab.org<br>> > http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> users mailing list<br>> users@lists.scilab.org<br>> http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users<br></div> </div></body>
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