I am sorry... I'd really like to begin this with an "all due respect" but... I can't. This is the silliest rather pettiest topic on which to base drama I've ever heard. Sounds like the heated banter of juvenile siblings on a long car ride. STOP! OR I SWEAR I'LL PULL THIS CAR OVER! Brian On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 12:19, Elton Woo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am un-subscribing from the list. My main purpose in being a member is > to _learn_ from the many more skilled members here. Alas, the sheer > VOLUME of the list is too much. Even in digest mode. And I haven't > (or maybe I *should have) taken a speed-reading course. > > This does not mean I am dumping Red Hat linux or Fedora, and I would > be most happy to continue contact with my many friends here (off-list), > the Red Hat guys, and old friends whom I have "re-found" (other "refugees" > from the OS/2 world). > > Though there are others willing to do so, I don't have the fortitude to keep > "butting heads" with those who adamantly and selfishly _refuse_ to observe > the basics of good electronic communications _as applies to a public mailing > list_. > > To wit: > 1) Editing posts, when replying > 2) Bottom posting, so that _others_ new to the list, or those researching > information, can LOGICALLY follow the topic. > 3) Posting in plain text, rather than HTML > 4) Not changing the subject line appropriately, or distorting the topic > within a thread. (In effect, mixing apples with chopped liver ... oy vey > es Mir!!!) > 5) Including their (and others') large signatures with messages > 6) Sending attachments with their postings > ~ ... etc., etc... > > I won't bother to quote RFC 1855 (Netiquette Guidelines) since I'm told > that this is over 10 years old. ... as common courtesy and social etiquette > is several hundred years old ... I can see the "logic" of dumping them. > > After all, "please", "thank you", "excuse me" are passé, n'est pas? > ... as are giving up the front seats of the bus to elderly or handicapped > passengers ... as is spitting anywhere and everywhere one pleases... > <*SIGH*>. > > To those members of this list who still have the "audacity" to speak up > about these matters ... I say a heartfelt "GOOD LUCK". > > > sincerely and respectfully, > > Elton Woo. > > P.S. FWIW, and IMVHO, the PGP signature is not counted as part of > my default signature, so (I think) one counts the number of lines of > each _individually_ and not one single signature. :-) > > - -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html > "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." > LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718. > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAAEJD8gnnZyYnR5cRAn1AAJ4l5VBk9KSuYpm28r/xa/TPRRjiIACcC9Pv > 36C+h690fMxybJIiImeEzMc= > =9rHT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
