"...and protect the list from Trolls..."

Well, it's nice to know that etree is now considering a "niceness rating"
that posts must exceed to be posted to the list. As soon as the official
"Nice Policy" of eTree is established, please be sure to add it to the FAQs
that newbies don't read anyway, so that it can start being ignored.

I flamed a newbie. The dude asked the LIST HOW TO BURN A CD!! This is
not "PCsForMorons.org". This is eTree. It's not Napster. Read, lurk,
learn. *Then* post. Please don't waste ELEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE'S TIME posting
questions about how you can burn CDs! We're here to trade tunes. We're
not here to tell you how a computer works. It is assumed you have mastered
mind-bending concepts like 'The "On" Switch And You', 'Power Cords - Which
Color?' and 'Monitors: 15" or 17"?'. You say, "Be nice." I say, "Don't
be an idiot." I am certain there are people who don't understand computers
well out there, but there are places to ask those questions, and this ain't
it. Period. Read a book, take a class, and come back when you're ready.

But, the all-time winner for wasting bandwidth in the last month goes to
Phil and Gennie (see below), for posting their ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR
LINE ascii "art" signature to the digest, not once, but TWICE, in the last
digest. Kudos, huzzah, and congratulations for your taking up of 80% of
the entire digest with six lines of actual content! You can rest assured
there are some etree users around the world now sitting, slack-jawed in
stunned reverie, scrolling up and down, muttering, "My God, it's the biggest,
bestest ASCII Stealie EVER!" But most are probably thinking, "Why did those
folks waste a whole digest with 250 lines of CRAP?!?"

Oh, and please don't start this whole
banning-people-for-saying-what-they-think
thing. Anyone with a brain will be back up with a hotmail account in three
minutes flat. My two cents, I'd rather say what I think using my own name
than have to hide behind "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but I will if the
eTree "Nice Police" force me to.

Think about it.

S. "Wearing Asbestos Knickers" G.

WOB-About-WOB Tax:
SKB 12/29/01 Balcony Shoeps shns Free to at least one. Winners (only)
notified.

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From: "Phillip & Genevieve Katulka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 07:23:53 -0500
Subject: [etree] Dead head gets a face lift!
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