On Wednesday 02 February 2011 12:05 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > > The point from day one is that it carries no additional meaning in a > mailing list context; all you are doing is reducing the S/N. If you > cannot grasp that, why bother? > > In any case, I don't want to continue this argument any further as I > mentioned in the previous mail. I do understand how a geek code or a > pgp signature add to someone's geekness (irrespective of whether they > are contextually appropriate or not). So carry on. > >
Sometimes someone may have understood a concept but not in a totally correct way. The purpose of discussions on a group list is to dispel any mis-understanding of the person so that the concept is understood by all in a better way. Non participating readers benefit from reading all the points of the discussion and improve their own knowledge on the subject. The art of participation in the discussions is to grasp what part of the concept has been mis-understood and provide answers that are convincing enough to the other party. It is a two way process and is best handled when it is focused only in a technical way. -- As a proper list etiquette... Please trim your replies. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
