[GRLUG] Linux desktop marketshare

David Pembrook david at pembrook.net
Thu Dec 13 07:44:09 EST 2007


excellent idea

Dave

Matt Michielsen wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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