On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sunday 21 Dec 2008 4:44:12 pm Suhit Kelkar wrote: > > Do we want to be remembered for vituperation, inconsiderate ranting, > > at times even name-calling? > > please do not make generalised posts - mention specific context. A post in > general like this is of no use. > [snip] He's not making a generalized post if you *read.* It's specific to people on this list. One, very humbly and quite obviously, wouldn't want to publicly insult people by naming them on a list full of smart people and smart asses. Some people reply to genuine requests with smart ass answers. This simply drives new comers away. They then think we are a bunch of hostile morons. Trust me, they really do. So do you get the point? :-) His post is of extremely good use for people that use the ear-to-mouth ratio. Only a very small percentage of the subscribers to this list post regularly. The rest do get to read all the nonsense that goes on. Most choose not to react thinking it's a waste of time. This guy has taken the time to write to us so he could knock some sense into us. I think we should appreciate his effort and use suggestions we find acceptable. Suhit Kelkar, thank you for writing in. -- Cheers, Yesudeep Mangalapilly | येसुदीप मंगलािपल्ली GnuPG: 0x79E237CB | IRC: jburd -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
