touchpad problem

[Karl F. Larsen]

Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 18:08 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>> 2009/9/6 Siggy Brentrup <ubuntu at psycho.i21k.de>:
>>> On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 17:53 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>>>> 2009/9/6 Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>        I have a GREAT idea! Buy a new computer!!
>>> @Karl: I have an even greater one: buy one for him if you want to
>>>       be of any help!
>>>
>>>> Are you sure that would help?
>>> Karl's score approaches negative infinity by now.
>> Actually I did not mean that Karl's suggestion was unhelpful in
>> theory, merely that I was not sure that in practice it would make much
>> difference to the OP's fundamental problem
> 
> As you may conclude from another post of mine in this thread there
> are situations where a suggestion like Karl's causes grief to the
> addressee - something a retired businesman living from his capital
> can't even imagine.  Doesn't the CoC encompass kindness to others
> (who deserve it)?
> 
> my 2¢
>   Siggy 

	Siggy, what do you define as kindness? Why must you and I read the 350 
emails alleged to be from a Cellphone, about a laptop that that has a 
bad touchpad?

	Is it kind to offer him advice that has zero to do with the problem?


73 Karl

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