On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:43 pm, columbo@wowway.com wrote:
And that is the crux of the matter. Irrespective of the styles that you point out above, the convention on THIS list is and always has been to quote, trim and reply. That is the method that most everyone who has spent time on this list are accustomed. And it is not a bad or overbearing convention.
This is about the best I have heard it put yet. This seems perfectly reasonable and valid to me. I'll leave it at that.
You're not breathing a welcome breathe of fresh air into the list.....actually, it's stale and rancid based upon the discussions that have occurred in the past.
And I agree. That is why when I am trying to help someone (OP) and someone else chimes in just to start breathing this rancid stale air, I stick up for myself.
The issue isn't about you. It's about top-posting in this list and members pointing out the convention to which the regular posters have become accustomed. Rather than taking it as a personal affront, most people simply acknowledge it and politely abide by the list convention.
When someone goes out of their way to "tisk tisk" me because of the format I chose to contribute my help to the OP, It is about me. I haven't had any OP yet reply to my top posted simple answer with "Please don't help me if your not going to format what I need the way I want"
Eh? And to whom on this list are you a customer?
Are you kidding?
I won't accuse you of twisting the meaning of what I was typing but growth does not imply customer growth. Rather a personal growth relative to understanding and using Linux/Suse and the satisfaction and productivity derived from that growth. And the betterment of the general community of users is a foregone conclusion due to the fact that this list is not for debating the pros and cons of this distro to that disto. It is dedicated to Linux/Suse alone. It is focused on that subject matter and the community profits from its activity.
Don't they mean the same thing? Doesn't one help the other?
I post and respond this way because it is painfully obvious to me (archives) that this is the preferred method within this particular list. And I am a respecter of people, whether I agree with their particular position or not.
Again, I agree and this is my point. Why go through the effort to "tisk tisk" me.
::mental note - don't 'tisk tisk' Brad, otherwise he arches his back and
spits::
LOL
I choose to be respectful.
How do YOU define respectful?
Probably the best is "do unto others...." B-)