Re: RISC OS Forums Posting Guidelines
someone
Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> -- Peter Naulls - pe...@chocky.org | http://www.chocky.org/
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> Please Reply Properly |
> http://www.riscos.info/posting/
Conceited little sh*t
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Chika
someone <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> > series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
<snip>
Peter's sig sep isn't correctly handled, so it seems.
> Conceited little sh*t
That's a bit strong! Having read through it, most of it is just a
rehashing of all the various versions of netiquette. The version I started
with was the one that appeared on zfc from Richard Travers, which can be
seen at http://crashnet.org.uk/zfc/sixt.html. There are a few extra bits
in this new guide that appear to be tailored to the authors' own tastes
(the car analogy bit, for example), but it's nothing special otherwise.
Maybe a little high-handed, if you will.
I just believe that what goes around, comes around, and there are a lot
worse places on Usenet than the csa groups.
While I am thinking about it, I notice this new page talks of Google as if
it were the only way to search online. Being one of many in these groups
that have been around on the net since before Google became so big, I
should point out that other search engines are available, from old
favourites such as AltaVista (http://uk.altavista.com/) to newbies such as
Beegoo (http://www.beegoo.com/), each of which may contain ready links to
whatever you need. I see no reason to provide Google with yet more free
endorsement.
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Peter Naulls
someone <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> > series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
>
> > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
>
> > -- Peter Naulls - pe...@chocky.org | http://www.chocky.org/
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Please Reply Properly |
> > http://www.riscos.info/posting/
>
> Conceited little sh*t
There's always one isn't there? But I'm glad you felt the need to make
construstive comments. With offensive users like you, why do developers
bother?
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Steve Fryatt
<4d746301e...@ukgateway.net>:
> In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
>
> > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a series
> > of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
>
> > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
>
> Conceited little sh*t
Did you mean to contribute something /useful/ there?
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Liz
Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> While I am thinking about it, I notice this new page talks of Google as if
> it were the only way to search online. Being one of many in these groups
> that have been around on the net since before Google became so big, I
> should point out that other search engines are available, from old
> favourites such as AltaVista (http://uk.altavista.com/) to newbies such as
> Beegoo (http://www.beegoo.com/), each of which may contain ready links to
> whatever you need. I see no reason to provide Google with yet more free
> endorsement.
>
I'd never heard of beegoo before, so moseyed over.
I've got a particular keyword, which is 6th "of around 61,600" on
Google. It's not top 50 in beegoo.
Any idea what beegoo's bot is called? I've never noticed it in my
stats.
Slainte
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Peter Naulls
Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> While I am thinking about it, I notice this new page talks of Google as if
> it were the only way to search online. Being one of many in these groups
> that have been around on the net since before Google became so big, I
> should point out that other search engines are available, from old
> favourites such as AltaVista (http://uk.altavista.com/) to newbies such as
> Beegoo (http://www.beegoo.com/),
Problem is, after AltaVista's 1999 facelift, they really did suck, and
Google was increasingly useful. I appreciate that much has changed since
then, and they've undergone at least one more since then, and search
technology continues to improve. But the irony now is that the most
recent AV incarnation looks very much like Google. And if you take a
look at Yahoo! search, it too bears an uncanny resemblance. The
conspiracy deepens if you look at the new Google personalised pages -
looks rather like Yahoo!'s front page, doesn't it?
> each of which may contain ready links to whatever you need. I see no
> reason to provide Google with yet more free endorsement.
Never mind that Google has provided me with literally thousands (perhaps
10s of thousands) of searches for free, or that Google searches often
turn up RISC OS pages for computing topics that you might at first think
ought to rank elsewhere higher (try "unix ports" in a search engine).
Chika
<inv...@v-liz.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <4d74647e...@no.spam.here> Chika
> <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > While I am thinking about it, I notice this new page talks of Google
> > as if it were the only way to search online. Being one of many in
> > these groups that have been around on the net since before Google
> > became so big, I should point out that other search engines are
> > available, from old favourites such as AltaVista
> > (http://uk.altavista.com/) to newbies such as Beegoo
> > (http://www.beegoo.com/), each of which may contain ready links to
> > whatever you need. I see no reason to provide Google with yet more
> > free endorsement.
> >
> I'd never heard of beegoo before, so moseyed over. I've got a particular
> keyword, which is 6th "of around 61,600" on Google. It's not top 50 in
> beegoo. Any idea what beegoo's bot is called? I've never noticed it in
> my stats.
Offhand, I couldn't tell you. I stumbled across them recently after
mistyping "google" and have only used them a couple of times.
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Chika
wrote:
> In message <4d74647e...@no.spam.here> Chika
> <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > While I am thinking about it, I notice this new page talks of Google
> > as if it were the only way to search online. Being one of many in
> > these groups that have been around on the net since before Google
> > became so big, I should point out that other search engines are
> > available, from old favourites such as AltaVista
> > (http://uk.altavista.com/) to newbies such as Beegoo
> > (http://www.beegoo.com/),
> Problem is, after AltaVista's 1999 facelift, they really did suck, and
> Google was increasingly useful. I appreciate that much has changed since
> then, and they've undergone at least one more since then, and search
> technology continues to improve. But the irony now is that the most
> recent AV incarnation looks very much like Google. And if you take a
> look at Yahoo! search, it too bears an uncanny resemblance. The
> conspiracy deepens if you look at the new Google personalised pages -
> looks rather like Yahoo!'s front page, doesn't it?
Quite so, but considering that Google's original layout looked very
similar to the old AV, the question is whether there is much you can do to
a search engine site to make it look sufficiently different. One thing I
tend to find with using different engines is that each prioritises its
results in a different way, hence finding some things on one engine will
be somewhat easier than on another.
> > each of which may contain ready links to whatever you need. I see no
> > reason to provide Google with yet more free endorsement.
> Never mind that Google has provided me with literally thousands (perhaps
> 10s of thousands) of searches for free, or that Google searches often
> turn up RISC OS pages for computing topics that you might at first think
> ought to rank elsewhere higher (try "unix ports" in a search engine).
I don't mind, but then this page isn't about you, it is about the way in
which we, the people that participate in this group, should be posting.
It's bad enough where some sites say that we must use a particular
browser, without them then telling us to arbitrarily use a specific web
resource without fair mention of other available resources.
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Peter Naulls
In message <4d746cf6...@no.spam.here>
Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
No, I don't agree - this is a contrived comparison from your dislike of
Google. The problem with browsers is a question of accessibility,
security and perhaps of open source and closed standards - none of
which really applies here. Google is readily avilable to anyone with
even some archaic browsers - by all means use other resources if you
want to, but making a fuss and suggesting we ought to be for no other
reason than there happens to be choice is just silly.
Chika
wrote:
> In message <4d746cf6...@no.spam.here> Chika
> <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <9f896b74...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls
> > <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > Never mind that Google has provided me with literally thousands
> > > (perhaps 10s of thousands) of searches for free, or that Google
> > > searches often turn up RISC OS pages for computing topics that you
> > > might at first think ought to rank elsewhere higher (try "unix
> > > ports" in a search engine).
> >
> > I don't mind, but then this page isn't about you, it is about the way
> > in which we, the people that participate in this group, should be
> > posting. It's bad enough where some sites say that we must use a
> > particular browser, without them then telling us to arbitrarily use a
> > specific web resource without fair mention of other available
> > resources.
> No, I don't agree - this is a contrived comparison from your dislike of
> Google.
Now, how did I guess that this would rear its ugly head? No, this has
nothing to do with my "dislike of Google". Actually, I freely admit that I
use Google for searches and have done for years, just as I have used other
engines. My dislike is of Googlegroups, which is slightly different, but
as that has nothing to do with the topic of search engines, I'll leave
that aside for now.
> The problem with browsers is a question of accessibility, security and
> perhaps of open source and closed standards - none of which really
> applies here.
It does seem that, as in the other post, you have gone to extraordinary
lengths to misinterpret my words. Quite amazing, really.
> Google is readily avilable to anyone with even some archaic browsers -
> by all means use other resources if you want to, but making a fuss and
> suggesting we ought to be for no other reason than there happens to be
> choice is just silly.
Well, don't say that you haven't been warned. Dismiss it if you like, but
companies have gone further than this where they believe that they aren't
being given a fair crack. So which is sillier; my calling you out for
this, or your attitude towards the availability of other resources?
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Peter Naulls
Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> In article <e4746e74...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org>
> wrote:
> > No, I don't agree - this is a contrived comparison from your dislike of
> > Google.
>
> Now, how did I guess that this would rear its ugly head?
Because it's far from clear what point you're making. And because
you've made comments elsewhere which certainly suggest this.
> > The problem with browsers is a question of accessibility, security and
> > perhaps of open source and closed standards - none of which really
> > applies here.
>
> It does seem that, as in the other post, you have gone to extraordinary
> lengths to misinterpret my words. Quite amazing, really.
On the contrary, I replied to _precisely_ what you said. The onus is on
you to be much clearer if you thought you meant something else.
> Well, don't say that you haven't been warned. Dismiss it if you like, but
> companies have gone further than this where they believe that they aren't
> being given a fair crack. So which is sillier; my calling you out for
> this, or your attitude towards the availability of other resources?
I'm afraid this doesn't make any sense at all. I wish you'd stop
wasting our time with these arguments.
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Chris de Cordova
<usenet...@segfault.co.uk> wrote:
> Some people are just so thick and ignorant that when they run out
> of argument and have to resort to obscene language they can't even
> spell a simple four letter word!
> I'd let them crawl back under the stone they crawled out of and get > back on with your programming, ignoring them.
> Some of us appreciate what you're doing!
In article <4d746969aeu...@segfault.co.uk>,
pv <usenet...@segfault.co.uk> wrote:
> Some of us appreciate what you're doing!
Paul, I looked for the smiley in your post but there wan't one. So I
read it again and feel somewhat disappointed that you think I can't
spell that four letter word!
Do you *really* appreciate being told how to spell Peter Naulls' own
name on what presumably was meant to be a general set of public
guidelines on usenet? This makes it very personal to him and thus
implies a whole set of its own implications of ownership.
Do you really need to be told to use both contractional and
possessive apostrophes correctly? And if you have a literacy problem,
does it help to be reminded of it out of context?
I have no problem with the rest of the guidelines where they are
related to use of usenet and to the c.s.a* groups in particular. They
are clear and easy to understand. It was only when I got to the final
paragraphs that I became offended.
But I really resent being told by a young man, with no social skills
whatsoever (only very high technical ones, which I can never hope to
even appreciate) how to suck eggs.
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Peter Naulls
Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <4d746969aeu...@segfault.co.uk>, pv
> Do you *really* appreciate being told how to spell Peter Naulls' own
> name on what presumably was meant to be a general set of public
> guidelines on usenet? This makes it very personal to him and thus
> implies a whole set of its own implications of ownership.
Told? No, it's a set of guidelines. Neverthless, it's an example of
something which people get wrong often. It would be innappropriate to
use someone else's name, even though there are ones I could use.
> Do you really need to be told to use both contractional and
> possessive apostrophes correctly?
Given how lazy many people seem to be, who really do know, yes.
If you know how to use them just fine, then they remain guidelines.
> And if you have a literacy problem,
> does it help to be reminded of it out of context?
There's no pretence of any such thing, and claiming otherwise is just
picking a fight.
> But I really resent being told by a young man, with no social skills
> whatsoever (only very high technical ones, which I can never hope to
> even appreciate) how to suck eggs.
This is pretty rich, from the person who yesterday used offensive
language with no justification at all. As for sucking eggs, there are
numerous guidelines on the internet for all kinds of things I'm sure you
know how to do perfectly well already. It's a bit foolish to claim my
particular guidelines are any different.
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Tim Hill
> > In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> > Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > [my] guidelines for [my opinion of what constitutes] correct
> > > posting to RISC OS forums. can be found at
> > > http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> >
> > Conceited little sh*t
> Did you mean to contribute something /useful/ there?
It looks like one opinion in response to another set of opinions whose
link PN posted to c.s.a.announce. Here begins (continues) the unnecessary
flame wars based on a lack of understanding of human nature . . . on many
sides.
I'm not certain the original posting contributed anything new, though its
usefulness may shine in time to come. A shame it contained (IMVHO) items
of personal rather than general taste. (e.g. who--apart from PN--really
cares if car analogies are used? They help some people in their
understanding and their ability to explain. Just don't mention the War
...)
On a more relevant note a word about web searches: why isn't every RISC
OS user recommending Patrick Mortara's RiscSearch which uses 19 search
engines? http://www.riscsearch.de/
It's fab. A search for 'netiquette' returned
http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
as the first two hits which both contain some good stuff and could have
saved Peter's time when he maybe has more important things to do. ;-)
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> In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> > series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
>
> > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
>
>
>
Try this one.
http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
Peter
Chris de Cordova
> Try this one.
> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
Now that I do like!!
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Paul F. Johnson
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 06:25 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> In message <4d747252...@no.spam.here>
> Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > Well, don't say that you haven't been warned. Dismiss it if you like, but
> > companies have gone further than this where they believe that they aren't
> > being given a fair crack. So which is sillier; my calling you out for
> > this, or your attitude towards the availability of other resources?
>
> I'm afraid this doesn't make any sense at all. I wish you'd stop
> wasting our time with these arguments.
Given that this is a public forum where anyone can follow the
proceedings, I can understand the above argument from Peter. What I
can't understand is why he considers it a waste of someone elses time. I
can understand it being a waste of his, but how can he say it is a waste
of mine or anyone elses?
TTFN
Paul
Peter Naulls
"Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Given that this is a public forum where anyone can follow the
> proceedings, I can understand the above argument from Peter. What I
> can't understand is why he considers it a waste of someone elses time. I
> can understand it being a waste of his, but how can he say it is a waste
> of mine or anyone elses?
Given how much time _you've_ wasted in the past of people's time, I
don't really think you should be trying to answer this.
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Paul F. Johnson
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:22 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> In message <1117729191.27658.9.camel@localhost>
> "Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Given that this is a public forum where anyone can follow the
> > proceedings, I can understand the above argument from Peter. What I
> > can't understand is why he considers it a waste of someone elses time. I
> > can understand it being a waste of his, but how can he say it is a waste
> > of mine or anyone elses?
>
> Given how much time _you've_ wasted in the past of people's time, I
> don't really think you should be trying to answer this.
I'm not trying to answer anything here. I've raised a point which you've
decided to round on for no real reason instead of actually answering the
point raised.
For the hard of hearing, here it is again...
...how can he say it is a waste of mine or anyone elses?
Instead of just trying to jump up and down and be the "big man" (so to
speak), try a bit of civility.
Peter Naulls
"Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:22 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> I'm not trying to answer anything here. I've raised a point which you've
> decided to round on for no real reason instead of actually answering the
> point raised.
I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
troubles with in the past.
> For the hard of hearing, here it is again...
>
> ...how can he say it is a waste of mine or anyone elses?
I can say it because he's trying to make a pointless argument about
something he didn't define at all well. A bit like your reply here,
oddly enough. I don't really believe you've posted just now to be
constructive or "return to the fold", you just thought you'd try and
have a go at me for the sake of it.
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druck
> It's fab. A search for 'netiquette' returned
> http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/
> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
> as the first two hits which both contain some good stuff and could have
> saved Peter's time when he maybe has more important things to do. ;-)
The references I give are:-
The news.newusers.questions FAQ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html
How to post to uk news groups http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html
Proper quoting style explained http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html
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Paul F. Johnson
> In message <1117731882.27658.15.camel@localhost>
> "Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I'm not trying to answer anything here. I've raised a point which you've
> > decided to round on for no real reason instead of actually answering the
> > point raised.
>
> I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
> troubles with in the past.
Ah insults. Last standpoint of the desperate.
> > For the hard of hearing, here it is again...
> >
> > ...how can he say it is a waste of mine or anyone elses?
>
> I can say it because he's trying to make a pointless argument about
> something he didn't define at all well. A bit like your reply here,
> oddly enough.
No, I did define it very well. As I said, how can you say that something
is a waste of time for someone else when you don't know what constitutes
a waste of time for anyone other than yourself.
> I don't really believe you've posted just now to be
> constructive or "return to the fold", you just thought you'd try and
> have a go at me for the sake of it.
Try reading what I said then rather than just jumping. I actually agreed
with something you said, but then question the rest of it. Nothing bad
was meant, merely asking on what grounds you can judge what anyone other
than yourself constitutes a waste of time. You used the word "our" (and
in this context, our means csam and therefore means the readership of
the thread) which can only mean everyone here or who stumbles on this.
Now, is it possible that with certain people you are not capable of
holding a rational conversation or to be civil with them or are not able
to let bygones be bygones? All evidence points to no. Oh well, such is
the rich tapestry of life.
People disagree, some get over it, others don't and hold a grudge for
too long (and yes, I know I'm as guilty of that as the next man...) and
others just are incapable of answering a direct question without
resorting to petty insults. Time for another coffee.
Peter Naulls
"Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 18:13 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> > In message <1117731882.27658.15.camel@localhost>
> > "Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
> > troubles with in the past.
>
> Ah insults. Last standpoint of the desperate.
No, an observation. Irony continues to be a concept that passes you
by.
[snip waffle]
So, in conclusion, you really didn't have anything of value to add to
this thread.
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Paul F. Johnson
> In message <1117740711.31221.10.camel@localhost>
> "Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 18:13 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> > > In message <1117731882.27658.15.camel@localhost>
> > > "Paul F. Johnson" <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
> > > troubles with in the past.
> >
> > Ah insults. Last standpoint of the desperate.
>
> No, an observation. Irony continues to be a concept that passes you
> by.
Depends on how you look at it. I have no problem with irony.
> [snip waffle]
>
> So, in conclusion, you really didn't have anything of value to add to
> this thread.
Actually, it seems that you have nothing really to add to it. You've not
addressed any of the valid points raised. Instead, you dismiss the lot
with a wave of the hand.
So much for the stuff you've put up. You seem quite happy to ignore it.
Tim Hill
wrote:
> In message <1117731882.27658.15.camel@localhost> "Paul F. Johnson"
> <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:22 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
> > I'm not trying to answer anything here. I've raised a point which
> > you've decided to round on for no real reason instead of actually
> > answering the point raised.
> I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
> troubles with in the past.
Which emoticon should you have used to denote irony?
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Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <ac4cd274...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org>
> wrote:
> > In message <1117731882.27658.15.camel@localhost> "Paul F. Johnson"
> > <pa...@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 16:22 +0000, Peter Naulls wrote:
>
>
> > > I'm not trying to answer anything here. I've raised a point which
> > > you've decided to round on for no real reason instead of actually
> > > answering the point raised.
>
> > I would say it was ironic, but this is a concept you seem to have had
> > troubles with in the past.
>
> Which emoticon should you have used to denote irony?
Well, I didn't actually say anything ironic, it was Paul that did so.
He was after an answer to a question - problem is, he spent several
years dodging questions asked of him on usenet, so it's a bit much to
expect people to return the favour.
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Paul F. Johnson
> In message <4d74d...@invalid.org.uk>
> Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> > Which emoticon should you have used to denote irony?
> He was after an answer to a question - problem is, he spent several
> years dodging questions asked of him on usenet, so it's a bit much to
> expect people to return the favour.
Such as? I try not to dodge any direct questions.
Chris de Cordova
> <snip>
> Peter's sig sep isn't correctly handled, so it seems.
Just noticed this!!!!!! Well-spotted.
ROTFL
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Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <4d74647e...@no.spam.here>,
> Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > > > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
>
> > <snip>
> > Peter's sig sep isn't correctly handled, so it seems.
>
> Just noticed this!!!!!! Well-spotted.
>
> ROTFL
Well, zero points for explaining yourself. But allow me to guess -
somehow your inability to properly snip my signature (in your original
ill-formatted message) - which most other people have no problem at all
having their clients do is somehow hilarious.
No doubt you'll explain in the fullness of the time why this is the
case, or precisely what you think is responsible for it not being
"correctly handled". You wouldn't want to seem conceited now, would
you?
Rob Davison
Dave Symes
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> you just thought you'd try and have a go at me for the sake of it.
New thread perhaps. Paranoia rules okay. ;-)
GD
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Chris de Cordova
With ref to Chika's observation that "Peter's sig sep isn't correctly
handled..."
Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> --
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There you are, Peter, can you explain this failed sig separation,
then?
I normally rely on Pluto to do the biz - and it doesn't fail when I
reply to anyone else's posts.
I think I will just go and try a few more to see what happens.
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Chris de Cordova
<pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In message <4d74ddc6a...@ukgateway.net> Chris de Cordova
> <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> > In article <4d74647e...@no.spam.here>, Chika
> > <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > > > > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> >
> > > <snip> Peter's sig sep isn't correctly handled, so it seems.
> >
> > Just noticed this!!!!!! Well-spotted.
> >
> > ROTFL
> Well, zero points for explaining yourself. But allow me to guess -
> somehow your inability to properly snip my signature (in your
> original ill-formatted message) - which most other people have no
> problem at all having their clients do is somehow hilarious.
> No doubt you'll explain in the fullness of the time why this is the
> case, or precisely what you think is responsible for it not being
> "correctly handled". You wouldn't want to seem conceited now,
> would you?
Well I was going to say I can't be conceited about my own miniscule
technical ability, can I, but I think I have worked out for myself
how it happened, which fills me with great pride at my own
achievement!
Someone else (n.g.b...@durham.ac.uk) quoted your post and HIS news
client failed to snip the sig. Pluto on my machines snipped HIS sig
OK.!!
Interesting, isn't it?
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"Barry Allen (news)" <evan...@onetel.net.uk> wrote:
> In article <1117717750.4...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> <mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try this one.
>
>> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
>
> I like it!
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Peter Naulls
Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
>
> There you are, Peter, can you explain this failed sig separation,
> then?
Possibly I can:
> Someone else (n.g.b...@durham.ac.uk) quoted your post and HIS news
> client failed to snip the sig. Pluto on my machines snipped HIS sig
> OK.!!
Well, that's not really what happened. Nick is of course the back up
moderator, and was resposible for making the post to csaa in the first
place - so didn't really quote it. As such my post ended up containing
two valid signature separators - mine, and his.
My guess is that whilst Messenger cuts at the first separator, Pluto
cuts at the last. You can debate which is most appropriate.
There are various reasons why we wouldn't normally see this:
Probably more people use Messenger than Pluto
Many posts to csaa don't contain signature separtors
Most posts are made by Andrew Conroy who, whilst adding information at
the end doesn't use a signature separtor.
And perhaps most importantly, seasoned usenetters would automatically
trim such things without even thinking.
Moral of the story: think a little before you post.
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Stefan Bellon
> I have no problem with the rest of the guidelines where they are
> related to use of usenet and to the c.s.a* groups in particular. They
> are clear and easy to understand. It was only when I got to the final
> paragraphs that I became offended.
I just read Peter's page because of your posting. I didn't find
*anything* offensive in Peter's guidelines. It's a very accurate and
detailed explanation of what to do and what to omit when posting to
RISC OS forums. Parts are more generic, parts are tailored to RISC OS
and a few parts are specific to Peter's experience in the RISC OS
forums. But there is nothing offensive on that page. If you find
something offensive, then you should go and see someone, really!
And especially your comment in <4d746301e...@ukgateway.net> is
more than misplaced and demands an apology to Peter who has again put
time into making the "RISC OS place" a better place to be in, with your
comment not being what he deserves.
Regarding the use of proper English language: I am no native English
speaking person. I've learnt English at school and my English teachers
did everything to convince me that I cannot speak and write English.
But anyway, I'm trying hard to use English the proper way. And if I
make mistakes I'm open to constructive criticism so that I can improve
my English. So, if I take the time and concentrate on my English, why
shouldn't native English speaking people do the same? I feel much more
respected if I get an answer in proper English than any slang words or
answers with obvious wrong grammar and/or misplaced punctuation.
> But I really resent being told by a young man, with no social skills
> whatsoever (only very high technical ones, which I can never hope to
> even appreciate) how to suck eggs.
You keep on to ride about your age and gender. It's not the first time
you bring up this argument. I saw others involved in such a discussion
and I was involved in one with you as well. I don't understand your
problem. Perhaps I don't have to, but at least it doesn't belong into
RISC OS forums.
--
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VinceH (real address)
Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
[...]
> There you are, Peter, can you explain this failed sig
> separation, then?
It's a feature of Pluto.
It attempts to find the sig-separator by working backwards
from the end of the post - doing that, the first one it
finds is Nick Boalch's, as he is the moderator who
approved the post for csa.announce. That is the separator
that Pluto uses, and the /original/ signature, therefore,
doesn't get touched.
In such circumstances it is up to the person quoting the
message to tidy it by removing the quoted signature.
> I normally rely on Pluto to do the biz - and it doesn't fail
> when I reply to anyone else's posts.
It does, consistently, when replying to a message that
has an extra sig + separator.
> I think I will just go and try a few more to see what happens.
[...]
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Theo Markettos
> In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a series of
Can I just point out that the plural of 'forum' is 'fora'?
<ducks> :-)
Theo
Elaine Jones
posted on 3 Jun 2005 by Theo Markettos
I would like to add:
It's gone down the same route as "viruses" (it would seem that the computer
world does not follow the classical rules).
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Stefan Bellon
> Someone else (n.g.b...@durham.ac.uk) quoted your post and HIS news
> client failed to snip the sig. Pluto on my machines snipped HIS sig
> OK.!!
That's not what happened. Every posting to csa.announce gets a
signature of one of the moderators added. Nick Boalch is (as the
signature actually says) backup moderator of csa.announce. So, his
signature got appended below Peter's. If Pluto encounters a posting
with multiple signature separators it only treats the last one as the
actual one and only snips that when replying. In that case it's the
user's responsibility to snip the wrongly quoted other signature(s).
But still, in order to produce what you posted in
<4d746301e...@ukgateway.net> you must have manually reformatted
Peter's signature anyway because that's not how Pluto quotes it by
default.
And your last posting just proves one of the points Peter made in his
guidelines: Guessing may be fun to the person who guesses, but is
misleading for others in case the guess is wrong.
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Elaine Jones <ela...@cae-coed.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting from message <MFi*tu...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> posted on 3 Jun 2005 by Theo Markettos
> I would like to add:
>
> > Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a series of
> > > guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> >
> > Can I just point out that the plural of 'forum' is 'fora'?
> > <ducks> :-)
>
> It's gone down the same route as "viruses" (it would seem that the computer
> world does not follow the classical rules).
As far as the OED is concerned, the correct plural is "viruses". For more
than I can be bothered to say on the subject, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus
The first reference there is a good read, too.
John.
John Cartmell
Except where the writer prefers to use forums. ;-))
Both are acceptable with fora finding most favour with the old and
latinate. Peter is still wet behind the ears (1) and his natural language
isn't even language (2) - never mind Latin! ;-)
(1) under 40
(2) C/C++
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VinceH (real address)
> > Someone else (n.g.b...@durham.ac.uk) quoted your post and HIS news
> > client failed to snip the sig. Pluto on my machines snipped HIS sig
> > OK.!!
[snip explanation of Pluto's behaviour]
> But still, in order to produce what you posted in
> <4d746301e...@ukgateway.net> you must have manually reformatted
> Peter's signature anyway because that's not how Pluto quotes it by
> default.
Actually, it depends on what is set in Preferences =>
Misc => Wordwrap Write News/Mail - a quick test reveals
that if this is set to 78 or more, the sig in question
will be quoted all neatly formatted.
Stuart Marshall
> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
It would be even more funny if it wasn't true!
Cheers,
Stuart.
beamendsltd
Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <86e76974...@helvellyn.stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve Fryatt
>
<snip>
> It looks like one opinion in response to another set of opinions whose
> link PN posted to c.s.a.announce. Here begins (continues) the unnecessary
> flame wars based on a lack of understanding of human nature . . . on many
> sides.
>
> I'm not certain the original posting contributed anything new, though its
> usefulness may shine in time to come. A shame it contained (IMVHO) items
> of personal rather than general taste. (e.g. who--apart from PN--really
> cares if car analogies are used? They help some people in their
> understanding and their ability to explain. Just don't mention the War
> ...)
>
> On a more relevant note a word about web searches: why isn't every RISC
> OS user recommending Patrick Mortara's RiscSearch which uses 19 search
> engines? http://www.riscsearch.de/
>
> It's fab. A search for 'netiquette' returned
> http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/
> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
> as the first two hits which both contain some good stuff and could have
> saved Peter's time when he maybe has more important things to do. ;-)
>
Hmmmmm, just had a look at this to see what all the fuss was about.
As I expected, I'll be treating it with contempt it deserves, not
least as it fails to warn against:
Being extrememly rude.
Not allowing others to have differeng opinions.
Not deprecating the use of "creative" snipping.
While Chris's wording may have been a bit harsh, the sentiment I
can agree with.
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Theo Markettos <theom...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Can I just point out that the plural of 'forum' is 'fora'?
> <ducks> :-)
>
Well I refer to them as 'message boards' as I have the impression that
'forum' is an americanism and we'll have none o'that here!
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Peter Naulls
beamendsltd <beame...@btconnect.com> wrote:
> In message <4d74a...@invalid.org.uk>
> Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> As I expected, I'll be treating it with contempt it deserves, not
> least as it fails to warn against:
>
> Being extrememly rude.
>
> Not allowing others to have differeng opinions.
>
> Not deprecating the use of "creative" snipping.
I'd agree, and there's no claim anywhere that it's either perfect nor
comprehensive, and it's certainly subject to revision. Instead of being
comptemptuous, how about some constructive additions, and writing some
sections which might come some of these points. Otherwise, you risk
being hypocritical.
At the same time, length is always an issue, and deciding what to
include or exclude can make the difference between it all being read or
not.
Chris de Cordova
<sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
> I just read Peter's page because of your posting. I didn't find
> *anything* offensive in Peter's guidelines. It's a very accurate
> and detailed explanation of what to do and what to omit when
> posting to RISC OS forums. Parts are more generic, parts are
> tailored to RISC OS and a few parts are specific to Peter's
> experience in the RISC OS forums. But there is nothing offensive on
> that page. If you find something offensive, then you should go and
> see someone, really!
I found nothing offensive until he got to the bits about writing his
name properly, using apostrophes, and choosing analogies that he
didn't care for.
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Chris de Cordova
> > Someone else (n.g.b...@durham.ac.uk) quoted your post and HIS
> > news client failed to snip the sig. Pluto on my machines snipped
> > HIS sig OK.!!
> That's not what happened. Every posting to csa.announce gets a
> signature of one of the moderators added. Nick Boalch is (as the
> signature actually says) backup moderator of csa.announce. So, his
> signature got appended below Peter's. If Pluto encounters a posting
> with multiple signature separators it only treats the last one as
> the actual one and only snips that when replying. In that case it's
> the user's responsibility to snip the wrongly quoted other
> signature(s).
OK - I porbably would have done, if I wasn't so annoyed at being
instructed to adhere to his use of punctuation and analogy guidelines.
> But still, in order to produce what you posted in
> <4d746301e...@ukgateway.net> you must have manually
> reformatted Peter's signature anyway because that's not how Pluto
> quotes it by default.
No, I didn't. Why would I do that?
> And your last posting just proves one of the points Peter made in
> his guidelines: Guessing may be fun to the person who guesses, but
> is misleading for others in case the guess is wrong.
Fine, but you have confirmed exactly what I surmised had happened.
Is comp.sys.acorn.misc really anything other than a forum for
miscellaneous acorn-related postings?
It might act as one or two people's private 'agony aunt', consultant-
type forum, but that isn't its sole purpose.
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VinceH (real address) <sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> Actually, it depends on what is set in Preferences =>
> Misc => Wordwrap Write News/Mail - a quick test reveals
> that if this is set to 78 or more, the sig in question
> will be quoted all neatly formatted.
It is set to 70.
I did this a long time ago after reading other people's moans and
recommendations. It is a real nuisance because I always have to
reformat quoted posts. Perhaps I should change it back to 80?
> [...]
I do not understand this bit of newsgroup etiquette (?)- please
explain.
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> > In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> > Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> >
> Try this one.
> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
Thank you.
Absolutely spot on!
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Richard Travers
Theo Markettos <theom...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
To be fair, either version is acceptable.
However, it is a fair point that when anyone sets out to teach others
grammar it is a good idea to be ultra-careful to ensure that their own
grammar is impeccable.
On a rough scan through the guidelines I counted at least ten grammatical,
spelling and factual errors.
Peter Naulls
Richard Travers <ri...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
Uh huh. And yet, I still don't have any offers of corrections, apart
from one URL correction, or even any examples in this post. As always,
I spell checked it and proofed it several times, but it's often
difficult to spot your own errors of this type.
Easy to be critical isn't it?
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Chris de Cordova
<pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> Uh huh. And yet, I still don't have any offers of corrections,
> apart from one URL correction, or even any examples in this post.
> As always, I spell checked it and proofed it several times, but
> it's often difficult to spot your own errors of this type.
What's the point when there are other existing, carefully
thought-out, agreed sets of guidelines, to which you could have
posted the links?
Why reinvent the wheel?
and with corners?
(.. predicts .. car-related analogy ... he won't like this one either!)
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Chika
> >>Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> >>>It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> >>
> >>Conceited little sh*t
> >>
> > Try this one.
> >
> > http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
> LOL.
> Much better.
Made me laugh! The trouble is that the latter page is far closer to the
truth than the former, and neither is totally desirable.
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Chika
wrote:
> In message <4d747252...@no.spam.here> Chika
> <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <e4746e74...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls
> > <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > No, I don't agree - this is a contrived comparison from your dislike
> > > of Google.
> >
> > Now, how did I guess that this would rear its ugly head?
> Because it's far from clear what point you're making. And because
> you've made comments elsewhere which certainly suggest this.
No, it's because you have assumed things about me from my signature and a
few previous posts. That's your problem, not mine.
> > > The problem with browsers is a question of accessibility, security
> > > and perhaps of open source and closed standards - none of which
> > > really applies here.
> >
> > It does seem that, as in the other post, you have gone to
> > extraordinary lengths to misinterpret my words. Quite amazing, really.
> On the contrary, I replied to _precisely_ what you said. The onus is on
> you to be much clearer if you thought you meant something else.
I am as clear as I need to be. It seems that, every month or so, you end
up in an argument with somebody because you can't see the reason behind
what they are saying. I've explained my view of that in another thread, so
I won't go any further than to direct you to that thread (*info) and leave
it at that.
> > Well, don't say that you haven't been warned. Dismiss it if you like,
> > but companies have gone further than this where they believe that they
> > aren't being given a fair crack. So which is sillier; my calling you
> > out for this, or your attitude towards the availability of other
> > resources?
> I'm afraid this doesn't make any sense at all. I wish you'd stop
> wasting our time with these arguments.
Wasting "our" time? Have you taken on the entire group as your own? Are we
now to be sycophants here, only to be allowed to speak if we agree
implicitly with your every word? Be very careful about that. I only
stepped in because I felt CdC's comment about your posting guidance page
was a bit strong (in other words, it was somewhat of a defence), but don't
start trying to convince me that he was right.
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Peter Naulls
Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <c6c62e75...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls
> <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > Uh huh. And yet, I still don't have any offers of corrections,
> > apart from one URL correction, or even any examples in this post.
> > As always, I spell checked it and proofed it several times, but
> > it's often difficult to spot your own errors of this type.
>
> What's the point when there are other existing, carefully
> thought-out, agreed sets of guidelines, to which you could have
> posted the links?
>
> Why reinvent the wheel?
I don't know - but why are you asking me? I wasn't the one who made
critisism of apparently missing parts - although the document clearly
points to other references which do mention these very things.
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Peter Naulls
Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
[ snip waffle ]
>
> Wasting "our" time? Have you taken on the entire group as your own? Are we
> now to be sycophants here, only to be allowed to speak if we agree
> implicitly with your every word? Be very careful about that. I only
> stepped in because I felt CdC's comment about your posting guidance page
> was a bit strong (in other words, it was somewhat of a defence), but don't
> start trying to convince me that he was right.
But you're doing it again. You're trying to contradict me, but you
won't say what or how. As for the page itself, it's largely a repeat of
things that have been said by others, perhaps better worded and more
comprehensively. If you want to argue against them, then fine, but I
don't think you will make much ground.
Ray Dawson
THIS POST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RISC OS AND SHOULDN'T BE
POSTED IN THE C.S.A.* HIERARCHY.
IT IS ALSO YOUR OPINION AND HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE.
GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>,
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a series of
> guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> --
> Peter Naulls - pe...@chocky.org | http://www.chocky.org/
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please Reply Properly | http://www.riscos.info/posting/
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Ray Dawson
r...@magray.freeserve.co.uk
MagRay - the audio & braille specialists
Chika
wrote:
> In message <4d753075...@no.spam.here> Chika
> <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> [ snip waffle ]
Hmm.
> > Wasting "our" time? Have you taken on the entire group as your own?
> > Are we now to be sycophants here, only to be allowed to speak if we
> > agree implicitly with your every word? Be very careful about that. I
> > only stepped in because I felt CdC's comment about your posting
> > guidance page was a bit strong (in other words, it was somewhat of a
> > defence), but don't start trying to convince me that he was right.
> But you're doing it again. You're trying to contradict me, but you
> won't say what or how. As for the page itself, it's largely a repeat of
> things that have been said by others, perhaps better worded and more
> comprehensively. If you want to argue against them, then fine, but I
> don't think you will make much ground.
I just note that you have "snipped my waffle".
I'm doing it again, am I? Well, just consider this. "snip waffle".
Have you ever considered that it is just this sort of thing that brings
this sort of condemnation upon you? Not just "snip", but "snip waffle".
That's almost as impolite as calling somebody a "conceited little ****",
if you think about it. There are, after all, plenty of ways of insulting a
person without resorting to bad language.
Do you really want it spelt out clearer than that?
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Peter Naulls
Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> THIS POST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RISC OS AND SHOULDN'T BE
> POSTED IN THE C.S.A.* HIERARCHY.
>
> IT IS ALSO YOUR OPINION AND HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE.
It is my opinion and the opinion of thousands of others.
> GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of time. As well
the considerable help I provide to these groups.
I will say that you, Ray, must the be most offensive RISC OS user ever.
You are hypocritical, and can rarely back up any of your claims.
Obviously you're in good company in on these groups with a small
minority who join in the these actions. You can be sure such selfish
actions have put me off developing your precious browser - which you've
provided no encouragement or funds whatsoever so help develop.
In the meantime, I'll leave you in the good hands of one of the very few
remaining developers who still has the stomach to deal with such rampant
dishonesty - druck (and I'll remind you where Tony van der Hoff has been
of late).
I'll be making arrangements with my UPP subscribers in the fullness of
time. I will not be replying to any emails on this topic at the present
time, so don't send them. Unless of course in the very unlikely event
that you have a full and unconditional apology.
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Chris de Cordova
Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> THIS POST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RISC OS AND SHOULDN'T
> BE POSTED IN THE C.S.A.* HIERARCHY.
> IT IS ALSO YOUR OPINION AND HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE.
> GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
> In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the
> > comp.sys.acorn hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put
> > together a series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS
> > forums.
> > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> > -- Peter Naulls - pe...@chocky.org |
> > http://www.chocky.org/
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Please Reply Properly |
> > http://www.riscos.info/posting/
lol!
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Chris de Cordova
<pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In message <4d7530494...@ukgateway.net> Chris de Cordova
> <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> > What's the point when there are other existing, carefully
> > thought-out, agreed sets of guidelines, to which you could have
> > posted the links?
> >
> > Why reinvent the wheel?
> I don't know - but why are you asking me? I wasn't the one who
> made critisism of apparently missing parts - although the document
............^...............................................
[1]
> clearly points to other references which do mention these very
> things.
Oh Peter, you are as bright as a button [2] in some ways but I really
do think you need remedial reading lessons to go with your social
skills lessons!
I didn't criticise missing parts; I criticised you for adding
personally motivated and irrelevant content designed to offend people.
I said, somewhere back in this thread:
> I found nothing offensive until he got to the bits about writing
> his name properly, using apostrophes, and choosing analogies that he
> didn't care for.
[1] Try to get the spelling right when you are using big words, lad!
[2] imagery you probably won't like - add it to your rules!
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Chris de Cordova
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> Unless of course in the very unlikely event
> that you have a full and unconditional apology.
When you apologise to Ray, Peter, you can apologise to me as well, if
you like!!
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Peter Naulls
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> I'll be making arrangements with my UPP subscribers in the fullness of
> time. I will not be replying to any emails on this topic at the present
> time, so don't send them. Unless of course in the very unlikely event
> that you have a full and unconditional apology.
Sorry for contradicting myself. But I must say that in another show of
hypocrisy, Ray has deemed it appropriate to purchase one of my RiscPC
motherboards from ebay. I did in email threaten to put in in the bin in
a moment of haste, but that would be equally hypocrticial. Since he's
already paid, there will no problem in providing him the goods precisely
as stated, nor (since he was so quick in paying) in leaving positive
feedback on ebay.
No more.
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Ray Dawson
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In message <1117801414.123bfca8e169e517e2dd27886681519d@teranews>
> Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > THIS POST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RISC OS AND SHOULDN'T BE
> > POSTED IN THE C.S.A.* HIERARCHY.
> >
> > IT IS ALSO YOUR OPINION AND HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE.
> It is my opinion and the opinion of thousands of others.
> > GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
> I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of time. As well
> the considerable help I provide to these groups.
And Peter Naulls reply to me by email, concerning an item I have bought
and PAID for from him via Ebay, but which I haven't yet received.
On 03 Jun, Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> Thanks Ray. I'll of course have no problem in putting your ebay
> purchase in the bin, because you've gone out of you way to be rude to
> me.
Just shows how petty and downright dishonest some people on the c.s.a.
newsgroups can be.
I certainly wouldn't advocate buying anything from this guy - or at least
get your goods before parting with your cash ;-)
Ray D
Ray Dawson
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
>
> > On a rough scan through the guidelines I counted at least ten
> > grammatical, spelling and factual errors.
> Uh huh. And yet, I still don't have any offers of corrections, apart
> from one URL correction, or even any examples in this post. As always,
> I spell checked it and proofed it several times, but it's often
> difficult to spot your own errors of this type.
> Easy to be critical isn't it?
Perhaps you should be more self-critical. It woud save us an awful amount
of time.
Ray Dawson
<mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>, Peter
> > Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> > > hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a
> > > series of guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> >
> > > It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> >
> >
> >
> Try this one.
> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
Much better than the original posting :-)
Cheers,
Chris de Cordova
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Chika
Barry Allen (news) <evan...@onetel.net.uk> wrote:
> In article <1117806199.ae2367cc65696b7fb0bcc9f33b2128ce@teranews>, Ray
> Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <5ee13b75...@chocky.org>, Peter Naulls
> > <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> > > In message <1117801414.123bfca8e169e517e2dd27886681519d@teranews> Ray
> > > Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > THIS POST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RISC OS AND SHOULDN'T
> > > > BE POSTED IN THE C.S.A.* HIERARCHY.
> > > >
> > > > IT IS ALSO YOUR OPINION AND HAS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE.
> > > It is my opinion and the opinion of thousands of others.
Most of it, anyway. Was there a reason to shout all that though, Ray?
> > > > GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
As I've already said, there are many ways to insult besides using bad
language. Was this really necessary? I don't totally agree with Peter's
position in all this, but I'd rather reason it out than call him names...
> > > I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of time. As
> > > well the considerable help I provide to these groups.
Because this is what tends to happen.
> It seems that my killfile has not relieved me of these tiresome postings.
> I still get the replies. Sigh.
Sorry. We'll try to be quieter! :)
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Chris de Cordova
<miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> I don't totally agree with Peter's position in all this, but I'd
> rather reason it out than call him names...
> > > > I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of
> > > > time. As well the considerable help I provide to these
> > > > groups.
> Because this is what tends to happen.
This is totally ridiculous. It's like women living in fear of abusive
husbands, not daring to say anything that might upset him in case he
batters her.
Acorn users should not be held to ransom by this person and his ego.
You allow him to insult, offend, criticise, defame, distort, etc and he knows
he can do what he likes because people daren't upset him.
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Dave Barnett
druck <ne...@druck.freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 2 Jun 2005 Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> > It's fab. A search for 'netiquette' returned
> > http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/
> > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
> > as the first two hits which both contain some good stuff and could have
> > saved Peter's time when he maybe has more important things to do. ;-)
>
> The references I give are:-
>
> The news.newusers.questions FAQ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html
> How to post to uk news groups http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html
> Proper quoting style explained http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html
>
Thanks especially for that last link which I had seen, but lost.
However, despite having made several trips to Finland, making sense of
the last batch of links therein (in finnish, to save you the bother of
looking) is still beyond me. Marvel at the finn's understanding of
english and many other languages, (a finn once told me that they do not
expect anyone to learn finnish, except a finn).
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Dave
Dave Barnett
beamendsltd <beame...@btconnect.com> wrote:
> In message <4d74a...@invalid.org.uk>
> Tim Hill <1...@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > It looks like one opinion in response to another set of opinions whose
> > link PN posted to c.s.a.announce. Here begins (continues) the unnecessary
> > flame wars based on a lack of understanding of human nature . . . on many
> > sides.
> >
[.......]
>
> Hmmmmm, just had a look at this to see what all the fuss was about.
>
> As I expected, I'll be treating it with contempt it deserves, not
> least as it fails to warn against:
>
> Being extrememly rude.
>
"A gentleman is never unintentionally rude" attributed to Oscar Wilde
amongst others ;-)
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Dave
Dave Barnett
mar...@gmail.com wrote:
[.......]
>
> Try this one.
>
> http://www.ietf.org.uk/usenet.html
>
Thank goodness I've been doiung it right all along ;-)
--
Dave
Ray Dawson
Dave Barnett <acor...@davebarnett.me.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Being extrememly rude.
> >
> "A gentleman is never unintentionally rude" attributed to Oscar Wilde
> amongst others ;-)
Or as Winston Churchill said to Nancy Lady Astor, who had accused him of
being drunk: "Madam, I may be drunk, but you are incredibly ugly. In the
morning though I will be sober."
A gentleman indeed :-)
David Buck
> In article <d1c6457...@dave.davebarnett.me.uk>,
> Dave Barnett <acor...@davebarnett.me.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Being extrememly rude.
>>>
> of being drunk: "Madam, I may be drunk, but you are incredibly ugly.
> In the morning though I will be sober."
>
> A gentleman indeed :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ray D
Or
"Winston, if you were my husband I would put poison in your tea"
'Madam, if you were my wife, I'd drink it"
David Buck
Chris Evans
Not directed at Dave.
Peace, gentleman and ladies, peace please.
When I saw Paul's initial posting I knew it would cause problems, whilst it
may all be correct information (I haven't had a chance to look at Peter's
Guidlines yet) I could see that the posting came over as 'This is the
correct way' and therefore appeared presumptious.
Whilst many sections or phrases may be repeats of other widely recognised
guidelines It is Pauls personal interpretation of those along with other
ideas many of which I'm sure most/many people agree with. But it is though
the way it was presented as being 'The correct way' that I can understand
people being annoyed with.
Having said that I do find some reponses totally inappropriate, in
particular the offensive the language used by two posters, it is in my
opinion never called for.
In fact I personally find posting that contain expletives semi hidden as in
sh*t more offensive than the complete word e.g. shit. As sh*t results in me
mentally filling in the missing bit/s which I dislike even more. I'm not
sure if I am alone in that one.
In summary Paul's initial posting I believe was tactless and certain
respondents overreacted.
Can we now call a halt to this, I would like to think that we can all learn
that we should try and think how others will view any potential posting we
are making.
Chris Evans
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VinceH (real address)
> VinceH (real address) <sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> > Actually, it depends on what is set in Preferences =>
> > Misc => Wordwrap Write News/Mail - a quick test reveals
> > that if this is set to 78 or more, the sig in question
> > will be quoted all neatly formatted.
> It is set to 70.
Yes, sorry, my bad - it displays correctly formatted
in the article editor if that setting is 78 or more,
but if no reformatting is done by the poster, then
what ends up in the outgoing queue has the newlines
in the correct place.
Whether this then displays neatly formatted in someone
else's software depends on how their equivalent to
Pluto's "Wordwrap Article Viewer" is set.
I personally have both set at 70 and, when editing, if
something is badly formatted on my screen, I tend to
reformat it (unless, of course, it should be deleted),
forgetting that it'll probably display okay on other
people's set-ups anyway.
However, now that I've looked in more detail, a couple
of things jumped out at me, and it now looks as though
you *did* reformat the sig in some way, though I note
you are denying doing that in reply to Stefan.
Firstly, Pluto doesn't strip any linefeeds - so if you
quoted it with no reformatting, you would have posted:
> --
> Peter Naulls - peter@ [etc]
Instead of
> -- Peter Naulls - peter@ [etc]
Secondly, the line of dashes in your post is too short
- some have been removed.
This suggests that:
(a) You noticed that the sig was present, and didn't
appear formatted correctly in your editor, so you
tidied it (as per what I said above in the
paragraph starting "I personally..." - if so, what
you should have done was delete it, not tidy it.
(b) I have too much time on my hands. I haven't -
those two points, quite literally, jumped out at
me, picking up my bottle of water on their way and
hit me over the head with it - but too much time
is what it looks like. :-)
> I did this a long time ago after reading other people's moans and
> recommendations. It is a real nuisance because I always have to
> reformat quoted posts. Perhaps I should change it back to 80?
No, 70 is perfectly acceptable, though some people opt
for the mid-70s.
> > [...]
> I do not understand this bit of newsgroup etiquette (?)- please
> explain.
I use an ellipsis in square brackets where other people
might say "[snip]". Sometimes, if there is a lot of
snippage, I may just put a single "[snips]" or "[snips
throughout]" or similar at the top, and sometimes I'm
inclined to put something else altogether - but usually
it's "[...]" at each point of snippage.
VinceH
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"Zombies, man... They creep me out."
Stefan Bellon
> In article <4d74e635...@sbellon.de>, Stefan Bellon
> <sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
> > I just read Peter's page because of your posting. I didn't find
> > *anything* offensive in Peter's guidelines. It's a very accurate
> > and detailed explanation of what to do and what to omit when
> > posting to RISC OS forums. Parts are more generic, parts are
> > tailored to RISC OS and a few parts are specific to Peter's
> > experience in the RISC OS forums. But there is nothing offensive on
> > that page. If you find something offensive, then you should go and
> > see someone, really!
> I found nothing offensive until he got to the bits about writing his
> name properly, using apostrophes, [...]
It's his right. You once flamed me when I thought (by just looking at
your name) that you're male and not female. You didn't like that. Peter
doesn't like seeing his name misspelled or people calling him "chocky"
when his name is Peter. I don't see anything offending in that.
--
Stefan Bellon
Stefan Bellon
> GO AWAY YOU PRETENTIOUS LITTLE P**CK
Congratulations, you managed it that I have to use Pluto's killfile for
the first time since five years. But you are not the only one, be
assured.
--
Stefan Bellon
Ray Dawson
Stefan Bellon <sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
> Peter doesn't like seeing his name misspelled or people calling him
> "chocky" when his name is Peter. I don't see anything offending in that.
Incorrect spelling of a person's name is slapdash rather than offensive,
but the poster should make an effort to get it right.
On the other hand, Peter Naulls uses the chocky pseudonym elsewhere and
has a website with that name in its address. It's not surprising that
others use it as an alternative name.
I've never heard druck objecting to being called 'druck' rather than
'David Ruck'. Sensitivities obviously vary from person to person.
Chris de Cordova
VinceH (real address) <sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> a couple
> of things jumped out at me, and it now looks as though
> you *did* reformat the sig in some way, though I note
> you are denying doing that in reply to Stefan.
> Firstly, Pluto doesn't strip any linefeeds - so if you
> quoted it with no reformatting, you would have posted:
> > --
> > Peter Naulls - peter@ [etc]
> Instead of
> > -- Peter Naulls - peter@ [etc]
> Secondly, the line of dashes in your post is too short
> - some have been removed.
> This suggests that:
> (a) You noticed that the sig was present, and didn't
> appear formatted correctly in your editor, so you
> tidied it (as per what I said above in the
> paragraph starting "I personally..." - if so, what
> you should have done was delete it, not tidy it.
Here is how it would have come if I hadn't done any reformatting. I
would have clicked the format button in Pluto when I saw 'series of'
on a new line, without actually intending to reformat anything else,
including a sig which hadn't been discarded when I quoted.
______________________________________________________________________
In article <slrnd9rv1q.e...@compsoc.dur.ac.uk>,
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> In reponse to recent incidents and discussion on the comp.sys.acorn
> hierachy and other RISC OS mailing lists, I've put together a series of
> guidelines for correct posting to RISC OS forums.
> It can be found at http://www.riscos.info/posting/
> --
> Peter Naulls - pe...@chocky.org | http://www.chocky.org/
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please Reply Properly | http://www.riscos.info/posting/
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Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
[...]
> Here is how it would have come if I hadn't done any reformatting.
> I would have clicked the format button in Pluto when I saw 'series
> of' on a new line, without actually intending to reformat anything
> else,
That is, in fact, what you appear to have done. The
missing dashes are actually not missing at all, and
were just a figment of my imagination.
How they jumped out at me previously was because I
noticed how many there were on the relevant line beyond
the end of the URL on the previous line - but in your
quoted version, there appeared to be three less beyond
that point. The "-- " pushing the end of that line
three characters to the right being a minor subtlety
that was very successful in its cunning attempt at
sneaking past me. 8-)
I think I've done something like this in just about
every post I've made to this thread; correcting an
error I've made in the previous ones. I dread to think,
therefore, how many mistakes I've made in the code I've
been working on.
It's been a long millennium so far. I need a decade off.
[...]
Graham Pegg
Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <4d754a58...@sbellon.de>,
> Stefan Bellon <sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
>
> > Peter doesn't like seeing his name misspelled or people calling him
> > "chocky" when his name is Peter. I don't see anything offending in that.
>
> Incorrect spelling of a person's name is slapdash rather than offensive,
> but the poster should make an effort to get it right.
It depends how often they've seen it. My wife, who's very active on a
particular forum, is named Margret (yes, without a second 'a'). Very few
people get that right first time and some never do.
Graham
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Mr Cocky Chocky
> (snip)
> On the other hand, Peter Naulls uses the chocky pseudonym elsewhere and
> has a website with that name in its address. It's not surprising that
> others use it as an alternative name.
And, according to this thread, that's only ONE of the names in common
use.
Mr CC
dominic beesley
> In message <1117801414.123bfca8e169e517e2dd27886681519d@teranews>
> Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
[snip offensive yelling]
>
>
> I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of time. As well
> the considerable help I provide to these groups.
I can see why you feel offended by Ray. However that is no reason to
take down your UPP site. People have paid for this (including me not
more than a few days ago). Throwing toys out of the pram in the long
run only hurts the _real_ people around here who are trying to get on
with things.
[snip - ray stuff -]
> In the meantime, I'll leave you in the good hands of one of the very few
> remaining developers who still has the stomach to deal with such rampant
> dishonesty - druck (and I'll remind you where Tony van der Hoff has been
> of late).
>
I do hope you come back soon, with a bit more humility and slightly
thicker skin ;)
[snip]
Graham
Chris de Cordova <deco...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
[snip]
> When you apologise to Ray, Peter, you can apologise to me as well, if
> you like!!
>
I don't recall seeing Peter hurl the kind of abuse that has been
hurled at him in this thread, at anyone else. Ever.
I am sick of reading the foul mouthed ranting and generally childish
behaviour from various people on these groups. I'm tempted to use very
strong language to convey my level of disgust, but I won't.
--
Graham
My Website - http://www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk
Graham
Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
[sniped]
> Just shows how petty and downright dishonest some people on the c.s.a.
> newsgroups can be.
>
After reading what you wrote, I would have been tempted to do the same
thing (heat of the moment and all that), however, to his credit, Peter
has quickly relented on that.
Cheers!
Graham
dominic beesley <"dom-news"@brahms.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
>> In the meantime, I'll leave you in the good hands of one of the very few
>> remaining developers who still has the stomach to deal with such rampant
>> dishonesty - druck (and I'll remind you where Tony van der Hoff has been
>> of late).
>>
>
> I do hope you come back soon, with a bit more humility and slightly
> thicker skin ;)
>
After seeing what has been said in this thread alone, he would need to
be some sort of Rhinocerous.
--
Graham - Hoping Peter feels able to return soon
Graham
Stefan Bellon <sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
Yes, I haven't used mine for a while either, but today it's already
getting crowded.
--
Graham
Mr Cocky Chocky
dominic beesley wrote:
> Peter Naulls wrote:
> > I will, and I'll take my website with me for a period of time. As well
> > the considerable help I provide to these groups.
>
> I can see why you feel offended by Ray. However that is no reason to
> take down your UPP site. People have paid for this (including me not
> more than a few days ago). Throwing toys out of the pram in the long
> run only hurts the _real_ people around here who are trying to get on
> with things.
Unsurprisingly it seems the Unix Porting Project may be disappearing in
the same way as Chockcino, another much trumpeted project surrounded by
a lot of noise and promises but, so far, little in the way of useful
results.
Mr CC
Dave Symes
Graham Pegg <D...@therpc.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <1117820401.c5c627d2380a4ea3b2c9d77e25c197f9@teranews>
> Ray Dawson <R...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <4d754a58...@sbellon.de>,
> > Stefan Bellon <sbe...@sbellon.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Peter doesn't like seeing his name misspelled or people calling him
> > > "chocky" when his name is Peter. I don't see anything offending in
> > > that.
> >
> > Incorrect spelling of a person's name is slapdash rather than
> > offensive, but the poster should make an effort to get it right.
> It depends how often they've seen it. My wife, who's very active on a
> particular forum, is named Margret (yes, without a second 'a'). Very few
> people get that right first time and some never do.
> Graham
Couple of points.
1) Don't mess with the spelling of names, if you or your parent do/did,
then expect a life of misery, so just put up with it. (Boy named Sue)
My surname "Symes" is reasonably common and not particularly difficult to
spell, unlike some names.
For the whole of my adult life, many people have both pronounced and
spelt/spelled it incorrectly.
A particular supplier of software, registers the product to me as
D.A.Fynes.
I have things addressed in no particular order to Sines, Signs, Simes,
Sims, Fynes Fymes, Fynes, Dymes, Grimes, grymes; Etc etc... You write it
I've probably had it.
2) I may generally be a grumpy old sod, but with regard to the spelling
and pronunciation of my name, Ducks back and water...
If you spend your life with constricted goolies every time someone get
your name wrong, your life *will* be a misery.
Dave S
Afterthought, perhaps if the person in question was called Bicky, people
might like him a bit more, after all most people like a Chocky bicky.
Tada!
--
mark.s...@ukonline.co.uk
The Unix Porting Project has some great stuff (Peter can't do
everything simultaneous). Firefox at Wakefield was looking very good
(and it is VERY important to the market).
He could earn far more as a contractor outside the RISC OS market - I
very much hope for all our sakes he does not choose this option :-(
MArkee
Paul F. Johnson
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 15:54 +0100, Chris de Cordova wrote:
> You allow him to insult, offend, criticise, defame, distort, etc and he knows
> he can do what he likes because people daren't upset him.
Don't let him. In the words of Gag Haffrunt (IIRC), "hez juzt this guy
you know".
Get a tougher skin and learn to ignore. It's pointless trying to argue
or reason with him as anything he doesn't agree with, understand or be
bothered to reply to ("snip waffle" spring to mind) is cast into the
"you've <insert here> on here already" bin and that's that. Dead end.
Sure he's doing wonderous things porting software across to bring RISC
OS out of the stone age, but I feel (and I gauging the responses here)
that the tendancy to jump in with both feet, insult, not answer and
generally be a complete arse puts more people off than enough.
Oh well. Where is that C# book...
TTFN
Paul
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vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big space really is. I mean, you may
think it's a long way down the road to the chemists, but that's just
*peanuts* compared to space, listen" - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Graham Pegg
Dave Symes <d...@ukgateway.net> wrote:
> In article <c27758754d%D...@therpc.f9.co.uk>,
> Graham Pegg <D...@therpc.f9.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> > It depends how often they've seen it. My wife, who's very active on a
> > particular forum, is named Margret (yes, without a second 'a'). Very few
> > people get that right first time and some never do.
> Couple of points.
>
> 1) Don't mess with the spelling of names,
Ah, but she's German, and it's apparently not uncommon there as a contraction
of Margarete (which she hates).
> 2) I may generally be a grumpy old sod, but with regard to the spelling
> and pronunciation of my name, Ducks back and water...
She doesn't bother that much, either.
> If you spend your life with constricted goolies every time someone get
> your name wrong, your life *will* be a misery.
How does this apply to my dear OH? :-)
Anyway, we'd better stop this 'cos it's rather OT!
Graham
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With a calendar your days are numbered
Paul F. Johnson
> and I'll remind you where Tony van der Hoff has been
> of late
uk.comp.os.linux - seems to be quite a gathering of people from here on
there as well.