On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 09:32:09 at 09:32:09AM -0700, Jim Norton (jrn@oregonhanggliding.com) wrote:
Actually I think the correction should be made on list. Until somebody corrected somebody else about thread-breaking, I had done it a few times myself.
PRECISELY: from a private reply on the same subject: The reason to immediately reply *on* the list as soon as you see someone screwing threads exists. The real damage (in the sense specified by Patrick, ie hiding useful info) is *not* done by the *single* person that, often unvoluntarily, hijacks the original thread. It is done by the five, ten, fifteen knowledgeable guys that, invariably, *answer* to that badly placed question, hiding the *solution*. They are the ones that must be stopped and teached better: since they are many, and one doesn't know them in advance, it *is* necessary to say ASAP to them all, and only once, "please don't answer until the OP starts a new thread": the only way to do it is answering on the list. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Excuse me for being greedy, but I want freedom and good government. Both a flourishing economy and a well-cared-for earth. A society that is diverse and communal.. that offers both privacy and accountability. One that can afford a big conscience, along with lots of neat toys. -- David Brin -- The Transparent Society