[sdiy] Basic tips on constructive criticism

[Bob Weigel]

right...cutting more lost time. Plonk. Next. -Bob

Scott Stites wrote:

>How wonderful, a list that combines kindergarten with Synth DIY.  How'd I
>get so lucky?
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>>1) Identify cleary the problem you are having with another.
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>This guy is beating a dead horse.
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>>2) Ask "have they already made an effort to clear up this problem?"
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>Others have.  He hasn't.
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>>Ahem...then ask it again...and again..WAIT..don't hit that send key!
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>Hmmmm, nope, I'd still say he's at it.  I better hit that....oh, wait.
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>>Ask one more time and maybe do a search of the archives to see if
>>anything jars your selective memory....
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>OK, here it is, archival records of a mass of posts on the same dead horse a
>month or two ago.  Read them.  One justification post, followed by a series
>of re-worded lengthy, defensive tomes along the same lines, replete with
>anecdotal evidence.  Check.
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>>3) Try to express continuing problems in clear concise terms, examining
>>whether any of the substance of your assertion is opinion based.  FAct?
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>Fact:  I'd rather discharge a capacitor across my cerebrum than read another
>post attempting to justify the wrong way to do it.  The more concrete facts
>have been posted (repeatedly).  Read the archives.
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>>Who says?  Post your sources.
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>About the cerebrum?  Me.
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>The following people had certain opinions about electricity, "do bees" and
>"don't bees".  Some of them were even influential.  None were politicians
>AFAIK.
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>Faraday, Michael. Watt, James.  Ohm, George.  Henry, Joseph.  Siemens,
>Werner.  Tesla, Nikola.  Fran, Miss.
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>>4) Avoid posting OPINIONS that are derogatory.  Everyone is entitled to
>>an opinion. But when you post it in public, you become an instant
>>problem yourself.   You put yourself on the level of a politician who
>>uses propoganda to try to gain favor.
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>I respect any opinion, deadly as it may be.
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>Bob - seriously:  have you considered the fact that the time it would have
>taken to discharge all of the caps you've ever discharged safely through a
>resistor instead of a screwdriver is probably less than the time than you've
>spent writing all of the posts about it?
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>And if not, have you ever heard of multi-tasking?  While that cap is
>discharging, do something else for crying out loud.  There's plenty to do,
>really.
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>How 'bout them synthesizers, huh?
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