Don't let this slip into something childish, please. If the main problem here is that it is expected of mailing list/forum users to have some form of name by which they can be addressed I personally couldn't give a hoot if it is their real full name, first name only, a completely fake name, some goofy nickname or whatever. And this is a graphics community after all, so people actually have a habit of using goofy nicknames.
Paul [email protected] wrote: > <take mic to to address Mr. Paul Melis and others who wish to listen> > > Ridiculous Indeed! Agreed! How can anyone say I was being un-civil? > > </take mic to to address Mr. Paul Melis and others who wish to listen> > > > > Quoting Paul Melis <[email protected]>: > >> Robert Osfield wrote: >>> Hi Ed, >>> >>> You don't seem to have the threads on this topic. The names are key >>> to tracking who's saying what over time. If you can't do this then >>> you can properly hold a conservation. If you are in crowded room and >>> you wish to address someone you don't just shout out to everybody, you >>> specifically address who you want to talk to, you need a name to do. >>> Also when someones says something in this crowded room and you don't >>> know who said it how are you to reply? How are you to remember what >>> they've said previously or what you've said to them previously. Once >>> you loose names you loose a fundamental part of how communication >>> works, it breaks down. >>> >>> This is what are trying to do is stopping communication breaking down, >>> prevent it from becoming too difficult to us to use. >>> >>> And please don't go adopting a name that takes the mikey. If you >>> can't be civil then it only take me a minute to unsubscribe you. >>> >> WTF? Are you now threatening to unsubscribe people because they choose >> to go by a first name and e-mail address only, while otherwise being >> civil in their communications?? >> >> This is getting ridiculous... >> >> Paul >> _______________________________________________ >> osg-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
