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- From: judd@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Stephen Judd)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1571
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 06:35:33 GMT
- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL
- Message-ID: <4fepvl$b7p@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- References: <4f6jo1$ub8@news.magick.net> <4fddb1$30o@crl9.crl.com>
- Reply-To: sjudd@nwu.edu (Stephen Judd)
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-
- Well, this is TOTALLY off the subject, but...
-
- In article <4fddb1$30o@crl9.crl.com>,
- Jack Vander White <ceejack@crl.com> wrote:
- >
- >The only dumb question is the one you don't ask because you think
- >it's dumb.
-
- I have always felt that this type of saying is incorrect. Let's be
- honest; of course there are dumb questions, and everyone knows it.
-
- My comment to my students, though, is: Would you rather look dumb or
- just _be_ dumb? Unasked questions can almost guarantee the latter.
-
- I have asked many a dumb question in my lifetime, but I think just about
- every one was worth it. (Well, there are always a few REALLY dumb
- questions ;-).
-
- But, to "JezzyDee": I don't think your question was a dumb one, anyways :).
-
- Yeah, that one's been sitting on my chest for a while, what can I say...
-
- evetS-
-
- >Jack VW
-