Farai Aschwanden wrote:
I posted 3 questions so far and didn't get any answers, what was
surprising and disappointing to me at the same time. I didn't
feel I'm writing rude or demanding. Guess its up to me then to
find any Pygame forum.
I was curious about your statement, so I looked for your other
postings.
In short, you appear to be failing because you are asking in the
wrong places,
so here are some pointers:
* Don't ask new questions in old threads. The number of people
reading
a thread declines as it ages, and is of course, highly selected
-- maybe
not for the thing you are asking about.
* Ask general Python questions on comp.lang.python
* No answer usually means those reading don't know the answer
* Big lists tend to respond quickly (but you can get buried and
you may have to try your question again later or rephrase it so
that it gets noticed), small lists tend to be slower (but there is
a better chance someone will notice an old question).
* Sometimes it helps to carefully rephrase a question to make better
use of the readers' knowledge.
* Don't be self-centered. List readers are just other users like you,
so don't expect them to do more than you probably would. Real
experts, ironically, are often less help than people who just know
a little more about the subject than you do, though (they are more
likely to understand why you are confused).
I was only able to find one question before this complaint, BTW.
Either
the questions where much earlier, or they didn't make it to my
mailbox,
so maybe they didn't make it to the list either (?).
There is no question that mailing lists take some practice to get real
use out of.
Good luck in future,
Terry
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Terry Hancock (hancock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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