On 12/2/05, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/2/05, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > posting in the newbie list is just like posting in a ghost list, nobody is > answering your question, i had two recent post and the only person bothered > to answer is mr, ariz jacinto :D anyways, i am for a single unified list >
i am just for an official stand on this issue. rules are there to be enforced and as long as the current rules stand then they are treated as having the blessing of the current list. naive but it is as simple as that. :) > > which was my original point. > linux has a wide scope of applications and if i was not mistaken jan's post were something about networks and mail servers in an enterprise-grade setting. hardly newbie-stuff and something that other people have experienced. but again calling it a ghost list is pushing it. there are still advanced users subscribe to both list to facilitate sharing of knowledge. > that said, who's flaming/insulting the newbies? surely not me.. > pinoy e-mailers have this tendency to be onion-skinned. they are treating redirect reminders as a direct flame/insult. yes, they are sometimes terse but this is text communication. most people who take insults are those who see so much negative impression on a simple sentence: "please post your message in the ---- list because this is hardly appropriate for this list". boom! me thinks you have to paraphrase those messages to fit royalty but then again it might be construed as a sarcastic reminder and we are back on square 1. elitism is a perceived status. it is given and most often not wanted by the person on the receiving end. notice how it is often "they are elite" rather than "we are elite"? 8-) <- for those reading my mails, this is a warm smiley, the state that my face is contorted with when i was composing this email. ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php http://capsule.ramfree17.org , when you absolutely have nothing else better to do _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
