KEITH, WE HARDLY KNEW YOU was: Noise levels (yak yak)

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Wed Oct 28 09:00:13 1998

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
Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 09:00:13 GMT