I vote that we branch off a GRLUG-Netiquette list just for discussions like this one.<br><br>-mm<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 12, 2007 5:45 PM, David Pembrook <<a href="mailto:david@pembrook.net">david@pembrook.net
</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Greg,<br>I've been away from the list a while now for the simple reason of people
<br>like yourself griping about the way people post. The nice thing about<br>good computer software is their flexibility. I've chosen this option<br>instead of complaining about your handling of things that don't really
<br>matter in the grand scheme of things. I've made a filter to just delete<br>anything coming from you.<br><br>I'd have rather this not been my first post back on the list.. but it<br>has to be said<br><br>GET A LIFE!
<br><br><br>oppps... I wasn't going to complain.<br><br>anyhow... for the rest of you... this is the easiest way of dealing with<br>people like Greg. Nice little filters to remove hate mail from your inbox.<br><br>Thanks
<br>Dave<br><p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Greg Folkert wrote:<br>> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 17:11 -0500, Bob Kline wrote:<br>><br>>> I suspect if you're not on ulcer<br>>> medication already you will be
<br>>> one day.<br>>><br>>> Why look at that. A top post and<br>>> narrow lines...<br>>><br>>> Bet I could get the acid really<br>>> dripping by making part of the<br>>> message red and part green.
<br>>><br>>> Xmas and all that. And yes, Xmas<br>>> has pagan overtones for some.<br>>><br>>> Really folks, this<br>>> isn't that<br>>> serious. Nor ever in<br>>> my life have I seen
<br>>> people so worried about<br>>> the fluff aspects of e-mail.<br>>><br>>> Someone on some ISO<br>>> committees?<br>>><br>><br>> You<br>> STILL<br>> do<br>> not<br>> get
<br>> it.<br>><br>> You<br>> are<br>> sending<br>> your<br>> text<br>> twice.<br>><br>> Once<br>> in<br>> your<br>> broken<br>> HTML.<br>> Another<br>> in<br>> straight<br>
> text.<br>><br>> And<br>> people<br>> wonder<br>> why<br>> things<br>> are<br>> slow.<br>><br>> They<br>> have<br>> no<br>> clue<br>> that<br>> they<br>> are<br>> the
<br>> problem.<br>><br>> Just<br>> like<br>> web-designers<br>> I<br>> know,<br>> claiming<br>> a<br>> website<br>> hosted<br>> by<br>> us<br>> is<br>> slow<br>> when<br>> in
<br>> fact<br>> it<br>> is<br>> 1+MB<br>> in<br>> size<br>> with<br>> images<br>> and<br>> media<br>> and<br>> they<br>> are<br>> bitching<br>> because<br>> it<br>> takes
<br>> 15+<br>> seconds<br>> to<br>> begin<br>> to<br>> render<br>> after<br>> loading<br>> the<br>> 200K<br>> external<br>> CSS<br>> files.<br>><br>> Are<br>> you<br>> beginning
<br>> to<br>> understand<br>> my<br>> complaint?<br>><br>> I<br>> hope<br>> you<br>> do<br>> as<br>> you<br>> are<br>> really<br>> beginning<br>> to<br>> annoy<br>> me.<br>
><br>> Sending<br>> e-mail<br>> in<br>> an<br>> acceptable<br>> format<br>> so<br>> that<br>> the<br>> reader<br>> is<br>> not<br>> forced<br>> to<br>> read<br>> it<br>> a
<br>> certain<br>> way,<br>> is<br>> the<br>> most<br>> acceptable<br>> way<br>> to<br>> communicate.<br>><br>> If<br>> you<br>> cannot<br>> comprehend<br>> this<br>> you<br>
> are<br>> indeed<br>> the<br>> clueless<br>> person<br>> I<br>> used<br>> to<br>> just<br>> suspect<br>> you<br>> are.<br>><br>><br>> Please Bob, this is not a Newspaper.<br>>
<br>> I'm not worried about it, just that I hate having to go back thirty five<br>> messages just to understand your answer for the question asked in the<br>> second reply and you are just now answering 17 layers later and actually
<br>> answer it at the top of a HUGE non-snipped non-conversational flowed<br>> e-mail.<br>><br>> You claim to be interested in how people read, prove it. Get over your<br>> pretentious self, forcing ME to have to care enough to go back and
<br>> answer your questions. If you want help, play nice and follow common<br>> courtesy.<br>><br>> It is far easier to read e-mail conversations with in-line replies than<br>> this crap you think is acceptable.
<br>><br>> And For the record: I couldn't care less about the HTML problems, my<br>> reader deals with it just fine. Though your mails ARE TWICE as large as<br>> they should be. AND for reading comprehension, please just do in-line
<br>> replies and "judicious" snippage of things not related. I am asking you<br>> because I am asking, nothing more. If you choose to ignore that request,<br>> I'll choose to not answer any of your questions, even if I were the only
<br>> person that could help.<br>><br>> And again, archives will thank you much later. Also people looking<br>> through our archives will be able to spot the IDIOT that can't chat in a<br>> normal fashion and have to force people to read horribly formatted
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