[GRLUG] Linux desktop marketshare

Matt Michielsen matt at michielsen.us
Thu Dec 13 07:27:15 EST 2007


I vote that we branch off a GRLUG-Netiquette list just for discussions like
this one.

-mm

On Dec 12, 2007 5:45 PM, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:

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