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Originally Posted by antonis
I hear you man. My frustration with forums is that a lot of time the subject gets diverted by unrelated/ closely or loosely related comments. And that is as a reader as well, not just when I post something. When I respond to threads I try to be concise and to the point (and I am not suggesting that you haven't or anything).
I absolutely understand what you're saying. But someone wants to help me here, it would be fantastic if it was a response to my query...no?
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Understood.
I guess that's just the nature of free advice, and particularly of free advice on the next.
I've been on the `net since the mid-80s, back when Usenet was the only venue for this kind of interaction. My boss at the time cautioned me regarding technical advice offered on Usenet: that "most of it is wrong." Keeping that in mind for the past thirty years has served me well despite changes in venues.
On the flip side, I try hard to *not* be wrong when I offer advice. But the nature of written communication limits what can be inferred and subsequently expressed, especially when so many things can conceivably affect the outcome of any particular problem...
Good luck. I hope you get some resolution on this.