Konstantin Svist wrote:
Hi Karl,
I know you've been on this list for a while now, but I'd like to
remind you of proper etiquette when posting to this list.
The main problem is that you tend to confuse people - and when they
get confused, they take it out with angry emails, causing even more
trouble for everyone else.
Well, I guess I can't speak for EVERYONE - but you confuse the hell
out of me.
It appeared all failed to READ what I wrote. They just complained
and complained about the Subject.
So, PLEASE, make sure that any new message that you write to the list
is either:
* a reply to an already-established thread of conversation (without
changing the subject line),
* or the message is self-contained, preferably with a descriptive subject
The message I'm replying to is VERY confusing, and it takes a lot of
time to understand what you're talking about.
The message had 2 subjects. There were two lines of words. I could
have put the whole of the work Maxwell did with wave theory. Would this
be better?
> The update for Open Office arrived here and I tried to print in
landscape mode and it worked just fine on F7.
Looks like this is in reference to an earlier message, "Bug filed on
openoffice-writer 2.3.0 problem with Landscape Printing". If only you
mentioned that message in your email, it wouldn't take me half a
minute to realize you referenced a different thread of conversation.
I thought what I said told it all. I was not trying to answer some
one else who wrote a bug. In fact I am not aware a bug was written.
If this were a chatroom, it would make sense that people know what
you're talking about - because like it or not, you pay attention to
what others say. On a mailing list, however, a lot of people simply
skip over the messages they have no interest in. Your message title is
very vague but the contents is very specific. Since I have no interest
in the original message, having to look through yours makes me feel
like you just pulled a prank on me - something like "HA! MADE YOU
LOOK!" That's just childish. Granted, some [angry] replies to your
messages are even more childish... and there are lots of childish
people on this list... but those are topics I'll leave for a different
email ;)
> The Fedora web page in Red Hat says F8 will be available in 7 days.
So get ready. My DSL Internet is so slow I may buy a DVD from CheapBytes.
This is neither here nor there. It's implied that the main topics of
this list are 1) problems and 2) technical discussions. What you wrote
is a fact, and it relates to Fedora - but it does not fit in the main
categories. Therefore, the message is technically off-topic and should
be marked as such.
Personally, I would either put that in a P.S. of some message, or use
a title like "[OT] Fedora 8 coming soon!"
I hate to repeat myself, but...
You're being very inconsiderate to people in this list (many of who
are volunteers who are not in any way associated with RH). I'm sure
you don't mean to be, but that's the way it appears. Please take care
what you say, and remember - pen is mightier than the sword ;)
I am really sorry. I just can't understand your complaints. I had
no reason to say " you stupid ass the OO does too work with landscape
printing.
And I really do not think the date for F8 arriving is off topic.
73 Karl
P.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6bbXgUNOws
haha, couldn't resist :-D
--
Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
