alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison) (09/01/90)
A simple request: 1) If you are posting a follow up, make an effort to Edit the SUBJECT: line. Does the subject correspond to your comments or are you taking a new tangent? This isn't a request: it's good sense. Just telling to avoid making you look silly. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Which are you? 2) Have you thought about mail rather than a follow up? A good conversation is better than wading through endless follow-ups. 3) Can you limit the distribution? (ba,ca,usa,na) Date postings? 4) Have you thought about more conventional media: library, telephone note those stupid phone or talk commands), writing a letter? 5) Edit out all irrelevant parts of the original message. (You don't really want to see the other guy's signature again do you?). 6) comp.arch specific: What is architecture? It's not well defined in the context of this group. Some restrict it to hardware, others talk about software architecture (like Unix). One thing is for certain you will see both types of discussions in this group. 7) Computer nostalgia: there is a very interesting group for this. It is positively recommended: alt.folklore.computers. Oh you don't get the alt groups? Have you considered working for a more open company? It can be interesting. 8) Sell something? The net is distributed by various wires which forbid personal gain or use. [If news isn't personal, I don't know what is.] If you want to promote a product, don't do it here, use comp.newprod. Freq: 1/M -- Live: Phil Harbison, Xavax, P.O. Box 7413, Huntsville, AL 35807 Uucp: alvitar@xavax.com Bell: 205-883-4233, 205-880-8951
alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison) (12/01/90)
A simple request: 1) If you are posting a follow up, make an effort to Edit the SUBJECT: line. Does the subject correspond to your comments or are you taking a new tangent? This isn't a request: it's good sense. Just telling to avoid making you look silly. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Which are you? 2) Have you thought about mail rather than a follow up? A good conversation is better than wading through endless follow-ups. 3) Can you limit the distribution? (ba,ca,usa,na) Date postings? 4) Have you thought about more conventional media: library, telephone note those stupid phone or talk commands), writing a letter? 5) Edit out all irrelevant parts of the original message. (You don't really want to see the other guy's signature again do you?). 6) comp.arch specific: What is architecture? It's not well defined in the context of this group. Some restrict it to hardware, others talk about software architecture (like Unix). One thing is for certain you will see both types of discussions in this group. 7) Computer nostalgia: there is a very interesting group for this. It is positively recommended: alt.folklore.computers. Oh you don't get the alt groups? Have you considered working for a more open company? It can be interesting. 8) Sell something? The net is distributed by various wires which forbid personal gain or use. [If news isn't personal, I don't know what is.] If you want to promote a product, don't do it here, use comp.newprod. Freq: 1/M -- Live: Phil Harbison, Xavax, P.O. Box 7413, Huntsville, AL 35807 Uucp: alvitar@xavax.com Bell: 205-880-8951
alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison) (03/01/91)
A simple request: 1) If you are posting a follow up, make an effort to Edit the SUBJECT: line. Does the subject correspond to your comments or are you taking a new tangent? This isn't a request: it's good sense. Just telling to avoid making you look silly. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Which are you? 2) Have you thought about mail rather than a follow up? A good conversation is better than wading through endless follow-ups. 3) Can you limit the distribution? (ba,ca,usa,na) Date postings? 4) Have you thought about more conventional media: library, telephone note those stupid phone or talk commands), writing a letter? 5) Edit out all irrelevant parts of the original message. (You don't really want to see the other guy's signature again do you?). 6) comp.arch specific: What is architecture? It's not well defined in the context of this group. Some restrict it to hardware, others talk about software architecture (like Unix). One thing is for certain you will see both types of discussions in this group. 7) Computer nostalgia: there is a very interesting group for this. It is positively recommended: alt.folklore.computers. Oh you don't get the alt groups? Have you considered working for a more open company? It can be interesting. 8) Sell something? The net is distributed by various wires which forbid personal gain or use. [If news isn't personal, I don't know what is.] If you want to promote a product, don't do it here, use comp.newprod. Freq: 1/M -- *realName: Phil Harbison *mailAddress: Xavax, P.O. Box 7413, Huntsville, AL 35807 *eMailAddress: alvitar@xavax.com *phoneList: <home>: 205-880-8951 <work>: 914-385-4854
alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison) (05/01/91)
A simple request: 1) If you are posting a follow up, make an effort to Edit the SUBJECT: line. Does the subject correspond to your comments or are you taking a new tangent? This isn't a request: it's good sense. Just telling to avoid making you look silly. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Which are you? 2) Have you thought about mail rather than a follow up? A good conversation is better than wading through endless follow-ups. 3) Can you limit the distribution? (ba,ca,usa,na) Date postings? 4) Have you thought about more conventional media: library, telephone note those stupid phone or talk commands), writing a letter? 5) Edit out all irrelevant parts of the original message. (You don't really want to see the other guy's signature again do you?). 6) comp.arch specific: What is architecture? It's not well defined in the context of this group. Some restrict it to hardware, others talk about software architecture (like Unix). One thing is for certain you will see both types of discussions in this group. 7) Computer nostalgia: there is a very interesting group for this. It is positively recommended: alt.folklore.computers. Oh you don't get the alt groups? Have you considered working for a more open company? It can be interesting. 8) Sell something? The net is distributed by various wires which forbid personal gain or use. [If news isn't personal, I don't know what is.] If you want to promote a product, don't do it here, use comp.newprod. Freq: 1/M -- *realName: Phil Harbison *mailAddress: Xavax, 150 Schildknecht Road, West Hurley NY 12443 *eMailAddress: alvitar@xavax.com *phoneList: <home>: 914-339-4316 <work>: 914-385-2881