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- From: TARKA10@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (Mark Tarka)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Check your temper at the door!
- Message-ID: <01GTW0PN34ZC9GVJAC@SNYBUFVA.BITNET>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 12:23:09 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: from SUNY College at Buffalo, NY 14222
- Lines: 38
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- anonymous --COM%"INFO-VAX@SRI.COM" 24-JAN-1993 02:45:06.12 posts:
-
- >>From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- >>Subj: Re: Check your temper at the door!
- >>Date: 16 Jan 1993 14:27:06 GMT
- >>
- >>
- >>I, for one, consider it an act of kindness to let someone who doesn't know wha
- t
- >>he's doing know that, and an act of cruelty to let him go on believing he
- >>*DOES* know what he's doing when he doesn't.
- >>
- >
- >Telling them in a matter of fact, civil way is of benefit and appropriate.
- >Telling them rudely and embarrassing them in a public forum is really weak.
- ^^^^^^
- >Really weak.
- >[End of file]
-
- Uh (1....2....), IMHO (...3......4....) this w a s a (...5.......6...)
- p r o f e s s i o n a l forum (...7.....) which is rapidly (...8..)
- taking on the attributes of (...9....) a p u b l i c forum, (...10)
- BUTTHOLE! Why don't you take the poor victim aside and tend to his
- burns...explain the ways of the group....that they must be able not
- merely mimic the act of communication, they must actually accomplish
- same or suffer a simple error message. If you're a regular reader, then
- you've seen the posts t a l k i n g about informing new posters (off-
- line, by e-mail) of the minimal requirements of the post; armed with that,
- y o u could buffer the ignorant from the wrath of those who would try to
- (literally) drag their miserable butts to higher ground (that is, try to
- improve their professional capabilities). Hey, volunteer your time,
- not your opinion, and haul water for your betters.
-
- Mark Tarka (Addresses valid until 1 April 93; then, bye bye)
- tarka10@snybscva.bitnet vax 6610 vms(5.5-1) mail(5.0)
- tarka10@snybufva.bitnet vax 6520 vms(5.5-1) mail(5.0)
- (Bartender! Do we want to crank up the power on this flame thingy?)
-
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