I don't know why people have such a problem with Al Gore working with Apple. Rush Limbaugh brags almost daily about the nifty Power Mac he uses in his studio.
I don't have a problem with that. *this message contained a subtle attempt at humor, subtle in the golf clap kind of way.* Thank you, drive through. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:32 PM Subject: MacGroup: Careless Dialogue > On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 01:03 PM, Ronald Broadwater wrote: > > > I am not familiar with internet discussions other than this group. I > > am > > amazed at the carelessness of the dialogue. I could never talk with an > > acquaintance with the tone and egging on that has occurred here. It > > has the > > emotion of a prelude to a fist fight. > > One thing I've learned is that you have to choose your words very > carefully in e-mail -- much more carefully than in face-to-face > conversation -- because a friendly face takes a lot of the sting off > strong language. It's very easy to rub someone the wrong way with > e-mail, and it happens for the strangest reasons. For example, I enjoy > having fun with words, but several people have written me off-list > saying things like "I don't want to go to a thesaurus everytime and > look up the meaning of a word." or "Why do you rub your education in > our faces by showing off your vocabulary?" > > I've just come to the conclusion that just about any e-mail sent to a > large group of people is likely to offend someone. But, if no opinions > are stated, the list becomes as much fun to read as a technical manual. > Let's just keep the discussions somewhat germane to the description in > the FAQ, which is pretty broad. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
