28 Oct
1998
28 Oct
'98
4 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Marty wrote:
You could have used some discretion like most of us
on this list and
just read the strings you found worthwhile. Instead you insult
virtually everyone on the list and have created yet another flame war
which has no end in sight. Please be advised to re-read the Classiccmp
FAQ which describes how to unsubscribe and 'don't let the door hit you
in the ass on the way out.'
Trying to kill the messenger, eh? People are trying to have a riot. Let
them. It'll burn out when they run out of pent-up-frustation energy.
This is an open list. That means:
* kids who have yet to learn self-restraint
* adults who have made conscious decisions to be assholes
* bozos who post first and think later, if at all
* lonely geeks for whom this is their main social outlet
* as well as perfectly reasonable people like me :-)
An open list will never be noise free, but here are some things you can do
to quell the noise:
1) Don't be a bozo.
2) When you detect a bozo, send them a "SHUTUP, BOZO!" message
*privately* -- not to the list!
3) Always include on-topic content in your messages to the list. If you
can't think of any, take that as a sign to not post!
ObCC: I saw a Zuse 23 last week at the Deutsches Museum in Bonn. Pretty
cool (the first transitorized Zuse), but that was just about the only
classic computer they had on display.
-- Doug