Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting - PLEASE STOP THIS POINTLESS POST

2008-05-22 Thread Martyn Drake
With respect, there are such things as email filters. I encourage everybody to learn how to use their own particular MUA's filtering system. Secondly, posting a PLEASE STOP THIS POINTLESS POST message is futile in the extreme. If something is bothering you to the extent that the moderators need

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-21 Thread William L. Maltby
Sorry to jump in here, but combination of humorous and serious thoughts crossed my mind. And maybe these thoughts will allay future threads of this nature. On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 09:28 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote: (Me, too, of course!) mhr MHR, This is true, and you and I proved we can

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-21 Thread Doug Tucker
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 05:41 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: Sorry to jump in here, but combination of humorous and serious thoughts crossed my mind. And maybe these thoughts will allay future threads of this nature. On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 09:28 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote: (Me, too, of

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-21 Thread Ned Slider
William L. Maltby wrote: But keep in mind you were only a virtual ass. Not really one. And the person who labeled you as an ass may have been, in fact, the ass. Regardless, his was only a virtual opinion. And unless you have a personal relationship and really care what he felt... So that

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-21 Thread William L. Maltby
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 15:57 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: But keep in mind you were only a virtual ass. Not really one. And the person who labeled you as an ass may have been, in fact, the ass. Regardless, his was only a virtual opinion. And unless you have a

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-21 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:22:29AM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 15:57 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: But keep in mind you were only a virtual ass. Not really one. And the person who labeled you as an ass may have been, in fact, the ass.

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting - PLEASE STOP THIS POINTLESS POST

2008-05-21 Thread Rudi Ahlers
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Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-20 Thread Doug Tucker
(Me, too, of course!) mhr MHR, This is true, and you and I proved we can even have fun with it, but name calling (I got called an ass here for virtually nothing), and disrespectful snide remarks (such as telling someone they have provided zero value to a conversation when it was valuable to

[CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-16-2008 8:14 AM Carol Anne Ogdin spake the following: Dear Mr. Singh: I understand you prefer this medium. I have practical experience with alternatives that have offered measurable and definite benefits to the communities they serve. Your opinions are louder than your putative

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread John R Pierce
Scott Silva wrote: on 5-16-2008 8:14 AM Carol Anne Ogdin spake the following: ..Unfortunately, in 51 years in the computer industry, I've sometimes had to cope with behaviors like yours. It still makes me sad to experience such unhappy people who think that attack is the best way to

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 02:53:50PM -0700, Scott Silva wrote: on 5-16-2008 8:14 AM Carol Anne Ogdin spake the following: Dear Mr. Singh: I understand you prefer this medium. I have practical experience with alternatives that have offered measurable and definite benefits to the communities

[CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-16-2008 8:08 AM Carol Anne Ogdin spake the following: Les Mikesell questioned, ...who would go there to post any answers? The answer is the same people who share here...and probably many more who find this sparse medium harder to navigate. There's a thriving community I helped create and

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread MHR
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Ray Van Dolson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone around for 10 years much less 51 years would know that Karanbir's style of communication should be considered blunt and not offensive. It's a common style of communication for developers. I never take it

Re: [CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-19 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 15:00 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: I read an interesting take on why once. Can't remember the link though... nerds need to remember that normal folk appreciate niceities in conversation, and normal folk need to remember that nerds are often very blunt but aren't really

[CentOS] Re: OT: Top Posting

2008-05-14 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-14-2008 2:48 PM Doug Tucker spake the following: On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote: On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote: ...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last month...user base is over 4000... Usenet is almost dead but e-mail lists