Amen... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: Re: OT but Important Amber alert missing child should I post here ?
> For heaven's sake, post it. I live in the UK, so forget arguments about > non-California residents. Not totally sure what an "Amber" alert is, but the > missing child bit I get - top news story here is two girls missing for a > week. > > Don't get me wrong, this list is great, great people, great resource. But > the lack of attention that most people here pay to taking a little time in > editing their posts - i.e. removing copies of original messages that are > wholly redundant - sometimes makes me wonder about all the cumulative wasted > bandwidth out there, let alone people without broadband, or people scanning > through massive list digests. > > The first reply to this request already filled people's inboxes up with more > mails than they would have got if the original poster had not been so > considerate, and just post away. By now it's ridiculous - we're talking > about a few KB of digital data in comparison with a child's life?! > > Sure, all lists need to keep on topic, and who draws the line, etc., but on > this issue - please post the alert and pity those who get shirty at "their > time being wasted" or "wasting list resources", and proceed to post with the > previous 10 posts of the thread in their body text. > > cheers, > > - Gyrus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > - PGP key available > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
