Michael...
>I've been following the list for a few days and noticed that you seem to be
>some kind of self appointed Listserv God who fancies himself some kind of
>hard-core Java/JSP guru which obviously you're not or else you wouldn't
>have
>to be reading this list.
At no point have I said I'm a listserv God, nor have I said "I know all" or
even "I know a lot." I've provided answers, pointers, clues. You're right -
I don't have to be reading this list, period. I certainly haven't gotten
anything out of it in quite some time, but it has potential to help me as
well as others. It's that potential I want to see realised.
>Yes I'm new to this list but not to mailing lists/usenet etc. I happen to
>know how they work and how to determine what is and what isn't off-topic. I
>would agree with you that a lot of the posts here are not on topic but I'm
>also sure that there are thousands of more polite ways of saying that than
>the way you tend to do it.
Sure, no doubt there. I'm not trying to be polite. I don't have time to
serve your ego, or the ego of anyone else; if your ego needs massaging,
you'll have to do that yourself. I don't mind being told I'm wrong.
Personally, I don't see any real reason anyone else should, either.
>I hope you realize that you posting dozens of "This is not on topic!!!"
>messages to the list is not on topic in itself. This message isn't formally
>on topic either, but it's a followup to a number of posts which is why I
>sent it to the listserv rather than to your private mailbox.
This is the format I usually follow:
"This isn't on topic; [topic, forum or url] is the correct one for your
question. Try to do better next time.
However, here's an answer..."
Thus, it serves multiple purposes: 1) It shows the correct forum. 2) It
exhorts proper list etiquette (i.e., "Don't post offtopic stuff all the
time.") 3) It answers the question to the best of my abilities.
Perfect? No. But it works.
>Aside from the off-topic posts there are a lot of topics here which cover
>topics other than pure JSP. THey often cover applications of JSP in
>combination with other technologies and as such can be discussed here.
Sure, I have no problems with that.
>So maybe it's time to step off of your self made soapbox and go attend to
>your five year old. Wait till he's ten and then when he asks you about sex
>direct him to the appropriate forum and when he asks you if he can have a
>beer send him to the AA. You will be happy since no inappropriate questions
>are directed at you and he will be happy because he won't have to listen to
>your whining.
Hmm. I *am* the correct forum for my sons to ask about sex, I think, as
their parent - what better forum would there be? Public schools? I don't
think so. If he asks me for a beer, why would I direct him to the AA? A
request doth not alcoholism make, after all. These aren't inappropriate
questions for a son to ask his father. Now, if he asks me FOR sex... that
I'd address as being inappropriate. :)
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