On 08/11/2007, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 08/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > They are not mine, they belong to the Internet! I find it incredible > > someone on a developer list doesn't know what an RFC is. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments > > > > > > I know what an RFC is, I just don't think that good manners > need standardisation and documentation. Good manners on the Internet > (correct netiquette) are just an extension of good manners in real life > (correct etiquette). >
Yes, I am sure you do. That's your opinion. I'm sure I probably don't agree with it as I'm sure that I regard etiquette as something for Mrs Beeton and the 1950s. Also, I don't hold "good manners" as being anything other than a particular social affectation. But that's just my opinion. I've been writing about netiquette since the early 1990s, and the RFC is the codified version of it. It's a published and widely distributed set of rules. Whilst it seems that no-one actually agrees with it in it's entirely, it is at least a published and relevant definition. The usual retort to this kind of argument is to provide another reference link that trumps my definition... if no-one has one, can we let this discussion rest? Or are you one of those people who think that just because you put > something old on the Internet it becomes new and revolutionary? > What a quaint notion, reminds me of those old "First Tuesday" meetings! Right, would anyone line to discuss the bbc website using a shortcode system again? > Vijay. > > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
