Re: Worse then useless replies
Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 14:40 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 07:47:52AM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> > > pinniped wrote:
> > > >
> > > >huh?
> > > >
> > > >I really don't know what the hell you're talking about. I've
> > > >been leaving the subject blank lately because people bitch about
> > > >it for no apparent reason. But if you really don't want the
> > > >subject changing, why don't you ask Intnsred if he can set
> > > >things so that the subject isn't changed? A blank 'subject'
> > > >line with a flashing cursor is just begging people to put
> > > >something in.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > HUH? Just who, and what, are you replying to? How is that
> > > everyone on this list, who has any modicum of experience with the
> > > internet, mailing lists, forums, etc... has subject lines,
> > > in-line quotes as to who and what they are responding to except
> > > you? Are you trying to tell us that you can't figure out how to
> > > use an email/news client properly?
> > >
> > After piniped's Last mail, I did a search of his email header and
> > found a reference to "www.debianhelp.org"! So I went there and
> > found that he is most likely using the 'forum' which displays
> > 'threads' to him and must present some option when replying that
> > destroys the 'subject'. From the 'forum' view, you see all the
> > previous replys and that give the forum user 'context', while here,
> > those of us who use good-old-fashioned mailing lists', we dont see
> > this 'forurm thread view' and see the odd behaviour. So the main
> > issue is with the debianhelp.org forum software. Hmm. That clears
> > up the mystery! Cheers,
> > Kev
>
> I know what forum he is deeply involved in as I have both asked and
> answered questions there before and seen the level of knowledge that
> he has. That's why it was was so confusing to me that he was
> seemingly ignoring what people had to say on the subject and not
> practicing the normal standards for communication.
I think deeply involved is an understatement:
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Highest Users
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User Zorkmids
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pinniped 665
vees 419
jaclon 246
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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