ARRRGGH.. I just got an instant message from a lazy co-worker.. he pinged me with "Hey Jim, do you have a second?"... to which I responded, "I had about 3600 of them an hour ago, but they're all gone now" - jim On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:37:36 -0600 Mike Perks <basicx@austin.rr.com> wrote: > Couldn't agree more Jim. Such is the curse of email and the Internet. > > These emails are easy to spot and are quite different to the ones from > people who have tried something and got stuck. As a group could we all > agree to either: > a) Not respond to these emails - it only encourages them > b) Respond with a standard answer such as "Use Google, do some > investigation and work before asking for more help" > > It's funny how you never hear from these people again and they never > post their results. > > Mike > http://home.austin.rr.com/perks/micros/ > > > LOL.... > > > > I'm just so amazed by the hundreds of posts saying "I'm a graduate > > student at blah-blah-U and I need to write a program that does > > something mundane. Can you send me code to do this?" > > > > How in the world these people made it to grad school is beyond me.. > > > > - jim > > > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:03:34 +1100 > > "Ivan Vernot" <ivernot@optushome.com.au> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Mansur Mansur > > > To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:49 PM > > > Subject: [AVR-Chat] Infra red > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > I plan to build wireless communication using sony remote controll > > as a transmitter and sony receiver.any one has experience using this > > sonny remote. > > > Regards, > > > Mansur > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro > > <http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro> > > > > > > > > > But because I am in a really bad mood! > > > > > > > > http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-27,GGLG:en&q=infrared+communication+sony+remote > > <http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-27,GGLG:en&q=infrared+communication+sony+remote> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
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Re: [AVR-Chat] Dealing with Grad Student Spam (was Infra red)
2006-02-21 by James Washer
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