On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Vandaman vandaman2002-rt@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
That's why I posted my question about Xboard on CentOS 4 here. I guess you did not see this nor the question about mailing list spam.
I didn't see a need for comment - I imagine the hundreds of other who also did not comment on these probably did see them, too.
There is no hostility in asking people not to conduct conversations with themselves or to "style up". Back in the day you would be mincemeat for doing what people are doing here....
I remember those days quite clearly, thank you. I think I even have a few flame wars saved, somewhere.
But things have changed, and this list is one of the most helpful and least inflammatory around - viz. the off topic conversation (?) about spam that won't quit (you have added a few pence of your own, there, too...).
You can tell I'm already lightened up - basic google searches on find on Linux has about 4.8 million replies but I didn't mention this to the dozen or so responses to that topic. Sorin Srbu contacted me offlist and you can bet what was said remains offlist.
Actually, mention of the google searches probably would not have hurt. However, even I posted a helpful comment (I hope) in that thread, largely because I didn't think to blast off a (new age) RTFM/GIYF response. Had you done so, I wouldn't have raised a peep. (And, to me, that's different - I've been soundly and deservedly lambasted for failing to do basic research, like a google search, for some of my very basic questions that are easily answered, so I must be feeling good this morning for me not to have said so.)
Thanks for the reasoned response.
mhr