From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66EAA10A1A for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:24 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta2.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zXMvOQZZ7tdL for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37DC73E000F for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 338E72BDB4 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: From: "John G. Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20090921003109.GA18755@gnuked.clearwire.net><20090921193613.GA26455@romuald.net.eu.org><20090921212439.GA28694@gnuked.clearwire.net><20090921212920.GU6140@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20090922015045.GA12867@gnuked.clearwire.net> Subject: Re: How to use espeakup, revisited... Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:01:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:01:24 -0000 From: "Gaijin" > It's starting to look like a Douglas Adams novel here, with the > Notice of Construction posted behind the boiler, in the 3rd basement > over from the left, behind the door marked "Employees Only." In other > words, just as long as any useful information isn't posted "*here*." > People tend to react negatively when you criticize them while they're already trying to do something to help you. My opinion is that you need to learn the difference between offering suggestions and offering criticism. A suggestion implies that you're leaving it up to the recipient of your suggestion to decide whether to take you up on your idea. Criticism has no such implication. A suggestion is something like, "Maybe it would be better if we did something else." A criticism is something like, "You're doing that wrong."