Date: 21 Jun 2005 16:32:48 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: 9000 air-conditioning service?
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:52:58 +0200, Xenna <xennarnospamo.com> wrote: > Malt_Hound wrote: >> Dave Hinz wrote: >> >>> That is a flaw with google. Choosing to accept an unwise default is >>> like choosing to crap in your pants because that's where your ass >>> happens to be at the time. >> ROFL - Thanks Dave. > Thanks for what? I think he was thanking me for making him laugh? > I thought you guys had a disagreement based on content not form. And > Dave had a disagreement based on form. No, my problem with whoever it was the non-context giver, was that he repeatedly posted a standalone sentence with nothing to indicate who or what he was talking to or about. I pointed out that this makes his posts hard to understand, and suggested that he notice that convention is to include enough context to let people know WTF he's talking about. > Or is this just about > collectively shutting up someone you don't like? I never could tell what he was talking about. If his goal is to communicate, he's not doing it well for the reasons I suggested. > PS: I thought even slrn had threads... It does. It also has a "show only unread messages". A thread display only helps if the other messages are also unread and therefore displayed. There's a reason that the "include some context so people know what the heck you're talking about" convention developed. There's a difference between being ignorant of it, and in choosing to continue to communicate poorly. He chooses to not quote, I choose not to read him. I'm not shutting him up, I'm just not bothering to read his posts.