On 08/11/2007, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian Butterworth wrote: > > 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. > Uh huh. And yet you hold an attachment to a 12 year old RFC codifying > behaviour > in a time of 9600b modems?
I can't think of a better definition of "netiquette". The rest is quite literally semanics. > Also, I don't hold "good manners" as being anything other than a > > particular social affectation. But that's just my opinion. > Let me put this in terms you *may* understand... > > Good manners and polite behaviour (etiquette) are the CRC of effective > communication. "Good manners" are something found in PG Wodehouse - I am sure he would have had a good line about a cyclic redundnacy check! In fact I think you'll find they are the difference between an unreliable > UDP > storm and a reliable TCP stream. That's a bit anthropomprphic! I suggest you seriously think about that point. Of course you can critique > it > but I think there's something in it. What ON EARTH does this have to do with editing out other people comments from an email? > 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. > It's a shame you have yet to grasp the difference between knowledge and > enlightenment. Right, so it's enlightened to remove text that my mail programme doesn't even show me because other people use Outlook and find scrolling down troublesome? Wow. > Whilst it seems that no-one actually agrees with it in it's entirely, it > > is at least a published and relevant definition. > So is the Koran. So? I can't recall seeing the definition of 'netiquette' in that old book. Perhaps I missed it? > 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? > There are times when being accused of being a geek is a compliment. This > isn't > one of them. I see no link! David > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
