Re: Netiquette (Was: Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach)

2001-08-13 Thread Terry Lambert
Gordon Tetlow wrote: > This is such a great example of how tone can come across poorly in a text > medium. I doubt (hope) that Joe didn't mean to come across as that. But > tone in email is so often inferred based on the readers own moods, that > phrasing email becomes much more important so as to

Netiquette (Was: Re: FreeBSD's aggressive keyboard probe/attach)

2001-08-12 Thread Gordon Tetlow
On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Warner Losh wrote: > A word about tone. If you were to get as in my face about, say, > pccard, as you about the psm driver, I'd certainly be ill inclined to > provide you with what you want. > > Good Tone: > Say Warner, why do you bother turning off the power after >