Re: twin clock problem - SR experts help!

wespe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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>Martin Hogbin wrote:
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>> He agreed some while ago that he did not understand the
>> simple stuff.
>>
>> David is a genuine troll in that he only post to elicit
>> the maximum response from the group. Why, I
>> have no idea.
>>
>> Martin Hogbin
>
>Hey everyone, assume good faith please.

After a point, one uses up all of their good faith credit.
He ran out a long time ago and he isn't making much of an
effort to earn any new credits.

>Troll would be a person who
>pretends he doesn't understand things while in fact he knows it all. I
>believe this person does not understand the given explanations (I don't
>understand much myself). Anyway, when one doesn't understand the
>explanations, he can't argue anymore and he goes silent for a while,
>then just comes up with a different example. That's the case here if
>you ask me. I think the solution is to explain things in plain words,
>with analogies and graphs (preferably links to real images, these ascii
>graphs don't do much good in my opinion).

I'll tell you what. I have a rather standard way to determine
how interested someone really is (it's also a good and standard
way to teach, in general). You try it and see how far you get.

The plot is to make him answer his own question, by breaking
the question down into smaller chunks that he can go work on.
If he gets stuck, he can tell you how far he got and why he's
stuck so you can give him a hint. Lead him through with hints
until _he_ answers the question.

Anyone who really wants the answer to a question, will put in
some effort to get the answer. Anyone who wants someone else to
spend time answering his/her question but does not want to
expend any effort him/herself, must think his/her time is worth
more than my time, in which case, his/her good faith credit
has been spent. So, try it and see. I used to make the mistake
of thinking that someone who asked a question must be intersted
in the reply. After a while, I got tired of typing lengthy
replies for no reason other than to give some moron additional
opportunities to digress with some silly argumentm like ``no
it isn't.'' As soon as someone has to actually think, the
trolls drop out real fast.

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