On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 08:48:50PM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-opages) wrote:
> Hello Bjarne
>
> On 02/20/2018 10:29 PM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> > (There is a slight difference (italic correction) between the
> >formatted output from ".I" and ".IR" for uneven number of arguments.)
>
> Can you explain in more detail what problem these patches
> are supposed to fix?
>
Your use of the word "problem" tells me, you have a "problem" with a
decision, without naming what it is.
Asking yourself some questions and answering them yourself could clear
things.
What about:
If the content of the patch where there ("environ.7") from the
beginning,
1) would you then change it? To what then?
2) would you accept a patch, that changed it to the current state?
1) and 2): with what reasons?
Of cause other (relevant, possible, thinkable) questions are usable.
###
It is necessary to consider all consequences of
the proposed action in all states of nature.
There are lots of consequences of any given action. Many of the
problems of society today are at least partly due to the failure
to realize that the "obvious" action taken had so many bad side
effects.
Herman Rubin in the Usenet forum "misc.education.science".
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>I know people who can pass tests and get full scholarships to college
>who make bad decisions.
>I don't think the ability to puke information onto a bubble
>sheet is going to help a person make a decision.
I agree. Making decisions requires thinking, and this is not
developed my memorization and routine manipulations. What is
needed is getting general principles, and having to decide when
and how to apply them in situations other than those in class
or in the textbooks.
We have far too many bureaucrats in decision making positions
who can only go by the book, or try to impose a "moral" version
which is certainly not within their authority.
Herman Rubin in the Usenet forum "misc.education".
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Bjarni I. Gislason
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