On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 22:56 +0200, Jerry Westrick wrote:
On Friday 18 August 2006 16:15, PerfectReign wrote:
<snip> If you insist on bottom posting, and some unknowledged fool top posts, then you don't have to answer...
If the list admin would post a set of protocols that should be followed to make this list more enjoyable we wouldn't have all of this nonsense going on now. But since there are no posted protocols to follow it is only common sense to see how the list has run for years as a viable source of knowledgeable information with only three wishes for the posters. 1. Please do not top-post 2. Please do not hi-jack threads 3. Trim your quotes.
But this list is extremely high volume,
Which is why the long timers on this list ask that certain protocols be followed to help cut down on the volume.
almost to the limits of me being able to cope with... So can we reduce the number of "how to type" msgs and stick to the beef?
I've been on this list for years. And realize that the character of the list is changing. This is brought on by the massive influx of SUSE newbies brought on by the increase of sales since NOVEL bought SUSE. Where we used to have enthusiastic but polite hobbyists, we now have mad users who feel they are cheated cause SUSE did not do something they felt it should have out of the box.
Then they need to be enlightened as to why. Somehow many new people seem to think that linux is a be all to end all OS. Well it isn't, yet. And it won't be until the hardware manufacturers start providing proper drivers for their product.
I really hate to tell you guys this, but you are bucking change. There ain't no way you are going to keep the list the nice neat super informative little list it was before.
And why is that? Why can't it stay the "nice neat super informative" list that it was in the past? Because new people come here and all of a sudden don't want to follow tradition that has worked well in the past. They are asked politely to follow a few simple "protocols" and they (not all) become belligerent and non-conforming.
It's no longer a little creek but fast becoming a raging river which no one can control...
And that is the problem the list admin will not exert any control.
It's called progress, and it ain't all good!
If progress "ain't good" then it needs to change to be good or revert back to what was good. -- Ken Schneider list member since 1998