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I wonder why three people answered your question, not understanding that you - submitted the link in the first place - tried to provide an explanation why thi

I wonder why three people answered your question, not understanding that you - submitted the link in the first place - tried to provide an explanation why this is a bad idea (i.e. wrong) and telling you that this behavior is, in fact, not according to the specs. Communication failure? Maybe it would help to clarify your statement a bit? Edit: Reading a third and forth time I'm becoming less certain that _I_ got your point and the others didn't (note to self: That shouldn't be the default assumption). Did you really ask why that is bad? Edit 2: Looking at your username and the issue comments I kind of assume that you are the commenter over at code.google.com, calling this 'severe'. So I'm back to my original assumption that you know perfectly fine why this is bad.

biot 14y ago
The question "Why is this bad?" can be interpreted two ways: both as "Can someone please tell me why this is bad?" and "Why is this bad, you might be wondering? Let me tell you..." Ambiguities like this are sometimes amusing, such as when a reply saying "Love it!" can be read as both "[I] love it!" and the imperative command "[You must] love it!"
- eranation 14y ago
  Yep, bad choice of English words from my side. not may native language... yep, I was trying to explain why it's bad, not asking why it is bad... :)
  - sp332 14y ago
    It's pretty subtle :) The closest way to do it is like this: Why is this bad? Well, for example if you have an Image... Just put the word "well," between the question and the explanation. I doubt they put that in a textbook though :)
    - eranation 14y ago
      thanks! next time I will... ;)
manojlds 14y ago
I think the point was being made on "why this is bad" and not that a question was being asked. ( almost definitely the severe comment in the group was made by the same person - http://digg.com/eranation http://digg.com/eranation)
tomjakubowski 14y ago
I read it as an "asked and answered" type comment.
eranation 14y ago
Yep, bad choice of English from my end, not my native language I wish I could "edit" that and change the wording, but you got that right the first and 3rd time (Edit 2 is correct) :)

biot 14y ago

The question "Why is this bad?" can be interpreted two ways: both as "Can someone please tell me why this is bad?" and "Why is this bad, you might be wondering? Let me tell you..." Ambiguities like this are sometimes amusing, such as when a reply saying "Love it!" can be read as both "[I] love it!" and the imperative command "[You must] love it!"

eranation 14y ago
Yep, bad choice of English words from my side. not may native language... yep, I was trying to explain why it's bad, not asking why it is bad... :)
- sp332 14y ago
  It's pretty subtle :) The closest way to do it is like this: Why is this bad? Well, for example if you have an Image... Just put the word "well," between the question and the explanation. I doubt they put that in a textbook though :)
  - eranation 14y ago
    thanks! next time I will... ;)

manojlds 14y ago

I think the point was being made on "why this is bad" and not that a question was being asked. ( almost definitely the severe comment in the group was made by the same person - http://digg.com/eranation http://digg.com/eranation)

tomjakubowski 14y ago

I read it as an "asked and answered" type comment.

eranation 14y ago

Yep, bad choice of English from my end, not my native language I wish I could "edit" that and change the wording, but you got that right the first and 3rd time (Edit 2 is correct) :)