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Chuck Pinnegar wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:37:45 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> <jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Chuck Pinnegar wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:46:13 -0400, "J. Clarke"
>>> <jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>CeeBee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Pinnegar <cpinnegar@cogeco.ca> wrote in comp.sys.laptops:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> For some reason I thought that the answer to my question would
>>>>>> not strain anyone's brain. Look at your desktop. If you had to
>>>>>> replace it with a laptop what would you purchase?
>>>>>
>>>>> You have received multple answers to that question. The majority of
>>>>> those answers was "none".
>>>
>>> Perhaps my ISP is purposely holding back all these messages. Either it
>>> is a conspiracy or you can't count. Take your pick.
>>>
>>>>> It's more simple than you think. Unless you hold the belief that
>>>>> people only have the obligation to answer you things you want to
>>>>> hear, even if it's not their opinion.
>>>
>>> Ah, a sneaky comment - love it. You transliterated my comment about
>>> "pass on by" to mean "only give me an answer I want." And, all the
>>> time you knew that was not my meaning. Tch, tch!
>>>
>>>>His viewpoint seems to be that one should not answer him at all unless
>>>>one agrees with him.
>>>
>>> Here and above. Lets see, I asked a question which, in the nature of
>>> questions, implies that I don't have the answer. Logically, how would
>>> one then go about agreeing with me and still answer? Of course, one
>>> would answer a completely different question, which is what you and
>>> 99% of the other posters did!
>>
>>Yep, you're still doing it. When someone tells you that they can't answer
>>your question as posed and explain why, that is not "answering a
>>completely different question".
>
> Lets agree to disagree.
>
>>If someone depends on features of his desktop machine that are not
>>available in any laptop and cannot do what he is normally paid to do if he
>>must exchange his desktop for a laptop, then the only real answer would be
>>that he would be forced, in your scenario, to find a different line of
>>work that either did not require a computer or was within the capabilities
>>of a laptop, and in the latter case he would then have to select a machine
>>based on his changed situation.
>
> J. you're reading all kinds of scenarios into a simple question. There
> has never been an indication the laptop would be used as a working
> machine unless it replaces one. If at that stage you cannot find a
> replacement simply say "No laptop can replace my desktop." But, I
> clearly said that you "had to" replace your desktop. Surely the
> implication is "with the best possible laptop." At that point you
> offer your best closest replacement for your desktop. Its really
> simple.
>
>>You seem to be assuming that everyone's necessities are such that they can
>>just on a whim toss their existing machine and replace it with a laptop
>>with no cost other than the money to pay for it. That is not the case,
>>and your pretending that it is does not make it so.
>
> This is where the "pass on by" comes into effect. First, this is just
> a theoretical question. No one is asking you to give anything except
> your opinion on the question asked. Keep your desktop, don't pay
> anything for any machine, but answer the question as if you understood
> its implications. Its just silly for you to suddenly infer that my
> asking the question suddenly became a clarion call for the junking of
> your desktop.
>
>>Perhaps if you explained why you wanted to know this someone might be able
>>to provide you an answer more suited to _your_ necessities.
>
> You got all the data you needed to answer my question. I didn't expect
> a dissertation, just your opinion on a good desktop replacement. All
> it took to answewr was about 20 keystrokes.
If your question was "what in your opinion is a 'desktop replacment' laptop"
then that is the question that you should have asked. Posing it as "if you
_had_ to replace your desktop with a laptop" moves the discussion into
different territory.
>
>>As it sits you've put us in the position of one who is asked what model of
>>motorcycle they would choose to replace their pickup truck and when we
>>tell you that you can't replace a pickup truck with a motorcycle you get
>>upset and claim that we are not answering your question.
>
> Who's upset? This is just an interesting debate for me. For the life
> of me I just cannot understand why anyone would waste his time making
> up an answer to a question no one asked when there is an unanswered
> question on the floor.
And you're still doing it. If the answer is anything other than some brand
and model of laptop then you don't want to hear it.
Bored now.
--
--John
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