2009/9/5 Lars Nooden <[email protected]> > Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > Since English is not my first language (and I don't have > > a second language) I am not sure what ”slamming” and ”flaming” means > > In case you have a third language, > > slam ~= tukta > > flame ~= skälla ut, med antydning att det är ändemål i för sig > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/flame.html<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/jargon/html/F/flame.html> > > Whining about slamming became popular under the Bush junta and the > whining is occasionally used as an attempt at defense when there are no > technical or factual merits to stand on. For me it stood out most in > the debate to decree "safe" levels of arsenic or mercury in drinking > water, overriding the science and biology indicating no safe maximum > levels. Flaming is often used offensively by the mono crowd and others > under the Microsoft movement in defense of their products or technologies. > > Regards > -Lars >
I think the main point here is that we should be willing to cut our fellow posters a little slack - many may be writing in a language which they haven't entirely mastered and many may be unfamiliar with lists of this type. Minor errors of etiquette are therefore best ignored ; doing so has the added advantage of conserving our resources for the main task - helping our fellow users with the problems they encounter in using OOo. Besides, since most of us seem to reside in glass houses, we should be advised to be careful with stones.... Henri
