Robert Kern wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > >>Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>>> >>>>Is it a *smart* way or *necessary* way? >>> >>>It's the polite way. And probably the only way you're going to get >>>your questions actually answered. >> >>I wonder if there's a way to killfile posts that contain that url. >>They are cluttering up the newsgroup much more than repeated newbie >>questions do. > > > You can get a good start by killfiling me. > *plonk* :-)
> >>Sheesh people, if you see a question that you don't feel like >>answering, then don't answer. > > > Same goes to you. You don't like the "smart-questions.html" response, so > why do you respond? Because you want to change people's behavior. Or > perhaps because it pleases you to express your displeasure about it > (regardless of any effect that expression might have on other people). > > Coincidentally, those are exactly the reasons why I posted it in the > first place. I care not a whit about decluttering the newgroup, an > impossible task. > It's clear that you care not a whit about it. Unfortunately the only way to preserve bandwidth on this (or any other) chanell is for those with nothing to say to not say it. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
