Have a little compassion. Just do what you feel, post the freakin link and put an end to this....or post a link in your signature and then post some good cf-resources (sneaky)
At 05:11 PM 14/08/02 +0100, you wrote: >Yep, I think its awful that a child is abducted etc...... but I really >think you will have better luck/reception on a different communty list..... > >I wouldnt start throwing banter about re: callous etc.... thats not on..... >I use this list for teh CF knowledge (and some friendly evaluate abuse), but >for anything else its just noise... thats what community lists are for... > >I am gonna delete any further ones with no read. > >N > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 14 August 2002 17:14 >To: CF-Talk >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 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
