longj@lonex.radc.af.mil (Jeffrey K. Long) (04/01/91)
I have been a silent observer of the recent flame war which has degenerated
to the point of name-calling (immature at best) and profanity (a nice word
for the method of displaying one's inability to express themselves) directed
against various members of the net. Would you allow me to post a few
objective observations? (well here they go anyway )
1) I understand that some users get their net feeds at their OWN EXPENSE!
This means they, unlike the rest of us who read this drivel on our
companies machines, actually have to pay to download repetitive articles
from the waring parties. Many of these include vervatim quotes of the
previous zillion posts on the same subject. Lesson: If you must flame,
do it succinctly, including only those lines of the previous post which
are directly applicable to your message!
2) Seldom do flame war combatants respond to other flames from other observers
without simply expanding the arena of conflict (that is why it is called
a flame war, just like a fire, it ignites those around it). I think
a Personal Appeal, using E-Mail (and thus sparing those who pay to read),
is more effective in communicating your point.
3) Lastly, this is a great newsgroup, much more active than almost any other
Comp.Sys newsgroup you can find on the net. As an example, I logged on
this morning (Monday) after having read all the newsgroups I usually look
in on last Friday afternoon. In the intervening Holiday Weekend, I saw
the following newsgroup status:
comp.sys.atari.st 27 unread articles:
comp.sys.amiga 6 unread articles:
comp.sys.mac 2 unread articles:
MY POINT IS: This is a great, active newsgroup! Let those who flame have
their little battles, and E-Mail your appeals for calm to them personally!
P.S. I am sorry for the length of this post (for those who pay to read)
but I hope this will save unneccessary postings in the future.
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Capt Jeff Long Rome Air Development Center
longj@lonex.radc.af.mil Network Design Laboratory
jlong@cassiopeia.radc.af.mil (315)330-7751 or (DSN)587-7751smithj@hpsad.HP.COM (Jim Smith) (04/03/91)
objective observations
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