wow... its funny, there's two sides to this issue, and both are legit, in some ways... but neither can see the other.
on one side, you have what in sports talk are known as "homers" which are essentially cheerleaders for their own "home" team. think of "da bears" crew from snl. these people think, for whatever unjustified reason[s], that they can berate anyone or anything they don't like that, in any way, real or not, dares besmirches their team. on the other side, you have people, generally speaking lets call them "noobs," who have no ill intention of any kind, who merely want to point out an impression or opinion they may have, and unfortunately, moreoften then not, at least one or more of these opinions has not been thought out fully, before they post. they may in the course of pointing something out, say something that has been said [erroneously to boot] 1000 times before, and / or isn't backed up by fact or research! heresy! but i am of the opinion that if no malice was intended, no malice should be returned. an advanced lesson for some of us to be sure, even though its first taught in kindergarten. so, upon the noobs "insultingly arrogant and unknowledgable" comment, which so foolishly strikes at the very heart of dignity & glory above all else; the divine squeezebox! ...those defenders of the faith quickly swarm like army ants over the savage ignorant barbarian invader, making sure his hordes of foolishness is repelled. this is ostensibly done, b/c time has shown that the elders, (those brilliant and helpful folks of yesteryear with the wisdom of solomon, who now no longer visit the forums) have left precisely b/c of the taint and infection these maruading noobs bore them with, the worst crime of all. there can of course, be no other reason someone stopped visiting at the altar of squeezebox. amen. here's what i suggest, and i hope everyone has taken this post in the good humor in which its intended... noobs will always come and rain on your parade, nothing you do will stop that, EVER. that being the case, and since noobs, whatever crimes they are guilty of, 99% of the time show no malice, instead of attacking them, * and chasing away what could develop into a resource which in time could replace the mythical missing elders * why don't you either: 1. expalin, sans malice, sarcasm, and whatever else, why they are wrong, or 2. simply ignore them all together and / or let someone else deal with it? seems more cordial to me. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.3 - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
