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I don't feel for that guy (Score:2)
Not to be too juvenile, but I'd have to say he started it. His first substantive comments are:
"Wordpress can't process it's own RSS feeds" followed by "its nuts". That could be seen as a bit provocative, and is bound to get a bad response.
The right way to do this would be to say something like ...
"It seems like Wordpress can't process it's own RSS feeds", "I have a standard WP-MU install, and when I do X I get this error: ..."
Straightforward description of the problem, with relevant details and an error mes
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He is also doing too much of a "kick me" with his, "Hand me the abuse, as long as I get the answer" attitude.
Were I in his position I would have started off with, "I can't get Wordpress to process its own RSS feeds." Then, "It keeps telling me, 'Could not find an RSS or ATOM feed at that URL.'" "I've read the documentation and tried everything I can think of." If nobody responds to that then follow up with, "Does anyone have any ideas?"
He thinks he knows how to handle technical people. I think he's mist
Re:I don't feel for that guy (Score:2)
Yup, I'd find him pretty annoying if he whined like that on a channel for a project I used.
I've done it myself a couple of times, and felt stupid afterwoods, but at least I have the good sense to know at least the basics of what I'm using and being able to provide useful information.
The main problem is that he clearly has no idea of how to troubleshoot problems - why is he doing this kind of stuff ? He's going to always have a hard time because 90% of IT is troubleshooting pro blems like that.
@JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
print reverse @JAPH;
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