Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2114 mails)

[Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi@xxxxxx>]

Sunny wrote:
> In support to Eberhard:
> 
> On 9/6/07, Stevens <fred00sandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think that there is a bit of confusion here. On the one hand we talk of
>> "standards" and on the other speak of accomodation. I submit that the
>> de facto standard is the way that millions of emailers send email, not
>> the way that a miniscule number of newsgroupies do. As far as
>> accomodation, please note that I, in fact, do bottom post. I just don't care
>> if someone else does not.
> 
> Here is how it goes: someone comes to this mailing list to ask for
> help. Obviously this guy has something to learn. And he is the one who
> needs help. Together with the right answer, he is provided with a
> little bit more knowledge - what are the customs here, and why
> bottom-posting is more acceptable.
> 
> And now we here, that this guy, who needed information - refuses to
> use it, because he is so important, that he can not be bothered to
> move the cursor down few lines and to trim the irrelevant part of the
> conversation.
> 
> The message I read is: "I can save myself few seconds to not prepare
> my post as most of the users here expect, and you guys have the
> obligation to recognize how important my time is, and spend yours to
> scroll up and down and to help me."
> 
> In my dictionary the softest word I can use for such an attitude is "inpolite".
> 
> So, you have your right to not care about if someone top or bottom
> posts, but please respect the extra effort other put to educate the
> original poster a little bit more. I.e. this is not a "posting
> police", this is a friendly advice.
> 
> And, yes, I know there are guys here, who will say "do not top-post"
> without providing any valuable answer to the question, but ... this is
> not "police" as well, there are other terms for them :)
> 
>> As far as removing shoes, I guess it depends on how bad your feet stink
>> and what that does to the taste of the sushi.
>>
> 
> I got the humor here, but on the serious side - no one is responsible
> for someone else's hygiene problems. Follow the customs of your host,
> and prepare accordingly. If you can't, don't go there.
> 
> Cheers,
> and let the this thread die, please.
> 
Hi Sunny,

per PM, since this thread indeed deserves to die.

Thank you very much for clarifying this in words that I cannot phrase
any better.

Eberhard

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