On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Vandaman <vandaman2002-rt at 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