On 10/08/06 10:34, mlist@safenet-inc.com wrote:
Basil Chupin [mailto:blchupin@tpg.com.au] replied to Mike Dewhirst, saying:
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People who come here should already be posting-etiquette aware and if they are not then it does not mean that they are simply new SuSE users. I was once a "newbie" to this forum but I didn't come here ignorant of how to or how not to post/reply to messages in mail lists or newsgroups.
On the other hand, I was a participant for years in BBS and internet mailing lists before I came to [SLE], but it was only here that I learned about:
Apparently you never participated in any of the Fidonet "echoes" that I did.. several of those were even worse -- much, much worse -- than the recent flurry of activity here :-) Why, one could even get flamed for using <colon-right_parenthesis> as a smiley.
I'm sure I was an ignorant turd ....
There is also another class of user, certain to become more common as Linux gains popularity, characterized by this email extract a friend sent me recently: "I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center! One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific" . . He ALSO votes!" Anyone want a copy of the complete email? :-) (All requests off-list only, **please**)