On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:12 AM, seek wrote:
quoted 16 lines Besides, off-topic conversations are sometimes fun.
>> Besides, off-topic conversations are sometimes fun.
>
> Yeah, but off-topic conversations have (OT) or (ot) or
> (Off-topic) added to the subject line by those who
> insist on perpetuating them, if they're somewhat responsible posters.
> You keep bringing this subject back onlist, with no identifier as
> to its off-topic nature, and you repost private, offlist responses
> into the
> list: a definite netiquette no-no.
> http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html
> "You should also not repost private email to the list unless you have
> obtained prior consent from
> the author. Such reposting is at best considered extremely rude, and
> in some legal jurisdictions
> may be a violation of copyright, or other rights of the original
> author."
I haven't knowingly brought a "private" conversation to the list. I
explained to another author (Ian, I believe) that my mail client is set
up in a way that I have to manually change the To: in order to post to
the IDM list (and since I see the [idm] header in the Subject line I
naturally assume it is a post to the entire list). One time I have
erroneously e-mailed a private response to the list. However, I don't
think I've done it with any responses other than the one to Ian.
Secondly, etiquette is nice and all but really, screw etiquette.
quoted 1 line You're a troll.
> You're a troll.
Umm, no. You're trolling just as much as I am. I simply *responded*
to your, and other people's, replies. Nothing more.
I'm willing to drop this, and have. It's pointless, but I wasn't going
to just let people such as yourself make false claims (which I
thoroughly repudiated) about the Mac and/or iTunes Music Store.
Likewise if you, or others (but mostly you, seek) were making false
statements about anything else, I'd call you on it. Just like you made
some stupid comment about Bush being wired recently. And I pointed out
that he was wearing hearing protection (it was the one with him in the
woods carrying wood, and, you know what, it was off-topic, too).
You're not innocent with the off-topic posts, Seek. Not by a long shot.
I've been very mature with my replies and kept the flaming to a
minimum. I have tried to reply with facts to counter and bolster my
argument. How you can construe this as trolling is beyond me.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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