> > This is the point I was trying, perhaps too subtly, to make in my recent > post in which I compared dialogue on this list with debate in the US > Senate. In some instances, the level of nit-picking has become extreme as > writers queue up, each to niggle at the post of the person just before > them. For those of us whose academic expertise is not in electrical > engineering (I'm a biostatistician, for example), much of the discussion is > over our heads, anyway, but the "Mine Is Bigger Than Yours" tone of some of > the posts here is embarrassingly obvious.
> In a message dated 12/21/2010 7:46:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > sandee...@yahoo.com writes: > > List, > > I, and I suspect many others, archive this list on a word processor to > save its information for projects and learning. > > That said, there are a number on this list who do not edit their replies > to a thread so we end up with pages upon pages of previous postings. If > one or more people do this, besides violating the lists protocol, It > makes > it extremely difficult to follow the postings. So in essence by not > editing the effectiveness of the responses are greatly diminished. > > Some seem to delight in nitpicking minutia details. Look at the whole > message. Does it really have to be absolutely 100 percent accurate to be > valid? Come on give it a break. For most of us this is a hobby and we > don’t > have advanced science degrees. All have some or a great deal of expertise > in one or more areas but no one has great expertise in ALL areas. > > This leads nicely into my last comment on civility. All of us are wrong or > mis-guided at times. A helpful private email correction is appreciated. > Being sarcastic to the poster in public isn’t. > > I try to remember this wise adage: Be Careful Of The Toes You Step On > Today As They May Be Attached To The Butt You Have To Kiss Tomorrow. > > Regards, > > Perrier > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.