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[Karl Larsen]

Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> I know you've been on this list for a while now, but I'd like to 
> remind you of proper etiquette when posting to this list.
>
> The main problem is that you tend to confuse people - and when they 
> get confused, they take it out with angry emails, causing even more 
> trouble for everyone else.
> Well, I guess I can't speak for EVERYONE - but you confuse the hell 
> out of me.
    It appeared all failed to READ what I wrote. They just complained 
and complained about the Subject.



>
> So, PLEASE, make sure that any new message that you write to the list 
> is either:
> * a reply to an already-established thread of conversation (without 
> changing the subject line),
> * or the message is self-contained, preferably with a descriptive subject
>
> The message I'm replying to is VERY confusing, and it takes a lot of 
> time to understand what you're talking about.
    The message had 2 subjects. There were two lines of words. I could 
have put the whole of the work Maxwell did with wave theory. Would this 
be better?

>
>
>
> >   The update for Open Office arrived here and I tried to print in 
> landscape mode and it worked just fine on F7.
>
> Looks like this is in reference to an earlier message, "Bug filed on 
> openoffice-writer 2.3.0 problem with Landscape Printing". If only you 
> mentioned that message in your email, it wouldn't take me half a 
> minute to realize you referenced a different thread of conversation.
    I thought what I said told it all. I was not trying to answer some 
one else who wrote a bug. In fact I am not aware a bug was written.
>
> If this were a chatroom, it would make sense that people know what 
> you're talking about - because like it or not, you pay attention to 
> what others say. On a mailing list, however, a lot of people simply 
> skip over the messages they have no interest in. Your message title is 
> very vague but the contents is very specific. Since I have no interest 
> in the original message, having to look through yours makes me feel 
> like you just pulled a prank on me - something like "HA! MADE YOU 
> LOOK!" That's just childish. Granted, some [angry] replies to your 
> messages are even more childish... and there are lots of childish 
> people on this list... but those are topics I'll leave for a different 
> email ;)
>
>
> > The Fedora web page in Red Hat says F8 will be available in 7 days. 
> So get ready. My DSL Internet is so slow I may buy a DVD from CheapBytes.
>
> This is neither here nor there. It's implied that the main topics of 
> this list are 1) problems and 2) technical discussions. What you wrote 
> is a fact, and it relates to Fedora - but it does not fit in the main 
> categories. Therefore, the message is technically off-topic and should 
> be marked as such.
> Personally, I would either put that in a P.S. of some message, or use 
> a title like "[OT] Fedora 8 coming soon!"
>
>
>
> I hate to repeat myself, but...
> You're being very inconsiderate to people in this list (many of who 
> are volunteers who are not in any way associated with RH). I'm sure 
> you don't mean to be, but that's the way it appears. Please take care 
> what you say, and remember - pen is mightier than the sword ;)
>
>     I am really sorry. I just can't understand your complaints. I had 
> no reason to say " you stupid ass the OO does too work with landscape 
> printing.
And I really do not think the date for F8 arriving is off topic.


73 Karl


>
>
> P.S.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6bbXgUNOws
> haha, couldn't resist :-D
>
>


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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