12 Oct
2012
12 Oct
'12
6:58 a.m.
On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, MikeS wrote:
As a matter of fact I see a fair bit of that on this
list as well, by
the same group of regulars: stereotypical judgement and blaming of
OUTSIDERS, i.e. ignorant 'lusers' who don't know or care how their
computers work, the intricacies of TCP/IP or their operating system, who
top post, use M$ software, etc. etc., and are perhaps busy running
businesses, performing brain operations, whatever, instead...
...or those who use "peecees"*, etc? ;)
For many I think it just boils down to frustration with the signal to
noise ratio and not wanting to have to wade through a bunch of material
which either has no applicability to the email list as a whole and/or
material that they simply find uninteresting.
*Often used on this email list in reference to IBM PC compatible clones.
[Yes, I use and even /collect/ some types of technologically interesting
PCs, so what of it? I also hunt for and rebuild old UNIX workstations and
servers, and even have a large collection of TRS-80 systems.]