Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:41:42 -0400 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router Message-ID: <4D9F2CB6.4000705@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP4AE64F3A96B5D9419A73793A70@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP822D4E4CF029F1BA9770C993A40@phx.gbl> <BANLkTindDGJ4JxBzgjY434LY%2B15ywU0Maw@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP20121C52B6CB6F4D37FE7ED93A40@phx.gbl> <4D9EF6CD.3040004@qeng-ho.org> <BLU0-SMTP4AE64F3A96B5D9419A73793A70@phx.gbl>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms050707030702030303080803 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 4/8/11 11:21 AM, Carmel wrote: > > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 > Arthur Chance<freebsd@qeng-ho.org> articulated: > >> On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: >>> Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the >>> same post. >> >> CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing >> lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed >> up, so when replying there's no way of knowing whether or not the >> questioner will see a reply that only goes to the list. This is >> especially true of freebsd-questions. > > 1) I have posted several times on this list and only received CC's on > two of them that I can recall. Obviously your standard is not so > standard. That's the nice thing about standards, there are so many of them to=20 choose from. > > 2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many > people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple > copies of the same document. Expecting people to actually read and react to your disclaimer....now=20 that's *not* standard, given the wild proliferation of meaningless=20 disclaimers necessitated by current thinking on various liability matters= =2E > > 3) Perhaps it is only me; however, most of the major lists that I > employ all require a registration by the poster prior to being allowed > to post. Try to be friendly and helpful to non-subscribers...much too old school=20 for a modern dude like you, it appears. > > 4) I have seen several posts where the OP requested to be CC'd because > they were not registered members of the list. Obviously, they were > aware of the necessity of being CC'd or reading the archives in order > to review any posts to their request. Now, is someone is just so plain > stupid that they are not aware of that simple fact, then they are too > stupid to be posting to begin with. You're conflating ignorance and stupidity. Not really the same thing.=20 Shall we have a rousing discussion as to whether this is ignorant or=20 stupid of you? Feh! > > 5) If you noticed, I asked Odhiambo very nicely not to include me in a > CC. I am sure he meant well; however, the inevitable destruction of > electrons in the transmission of the superfluous document could have > been avoided. > If you'd just shaken your head and gone away quietly, instead of making=20 your numbered list and sharing with us all, a lot more electrons would=20 have gone on to have happy, productive lives doing something useful.=20 But, no, you had to move up the heat death of the universe by 3 seconds. --=20 --Jon Radel jon@radel.com --------------ms050707030702030303080803--
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