bad posting habits, jeremy bernstein and scientific cranks

[bruce]

paul...

morning... where's the oj... but hey, you're right, and i fully agree with
you. if you're asking someone for help, then you should play by their rules.
but you know, this karma thing seems to come around and it appears to have a
serious bite!!!

over my career/life, more than a few times, i've seen people who were hell
bent on having others march/act/behave to their way of doing things, get
completely blown away when they were put in situations were the table was
turned. but that's life!!!

but on a serious note. i couldn't find away to keep this directly to you/off
them list.

on a more serious note, thanks for the help yesterday!! now if i could
figure out how to get my mysql upgraded to the correct version i want to
run!!!

peace..


-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:50 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: bad posting habits, jeremy bernstein and scientific cranks


bruce wrote:
> top posting...
>
> interesting that this topic has appeared to generate more responses than
any
> other topic posted... gotta be a way to market this somehow.. you guys up
> for ordering a subscription to a 'toppost' magazine.. or maybe we can do a
> toppost blog type of site, and we can get advertising dollars, get a VC to
> throw some bling (cash you you people in virginia) and we're set..!!!
>
> this whole thing reminds me of how people reacted when others bought game
to
> the game of basketball... these guys who kept saying that the proper way
to
> play basketball was with a two-handed bounce pass.. these guys couldn't
hang
> with the guys who came with the no-look pass... as they say, game
recognizes
> game..
>
> look, bottom line, no matter how much you squeal, people post what they
> post. if you don't like it (or if you do) you can either read it, trash
it,
> comment on it, move on. but as someone already said, this ain't life/death
> stuff here!!

You're right, it's not life or death and people will post however they
think appropriate. But the people that persist in top/html-posting after
being asked not to do so won't be getting help from the people that
object to it, and that does appear to include most of the most
knowledgeable people on the list. So by not following the list
conventions, you're shooting yourself in the foot. But that's your choice.

Paul.

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