[ale] Newbee needing help #6

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 16:17:16 EDT 2006


1) I would appreciate it if you get rid of the attitude. If I wanted
to be called "Jim" I would send my emails under the nickname and sign
them with it as well. Don't get pissed off when I, kindly, correct you
for calling me a name I am not known by.

2) I haven't read a word of the voting thread. Why? Because it is one
thread with an accurate subject line. ONE thread versus six. Which
would you rather delete, in addition to the ones you already delete,
one thread or six?

On 7/18/06, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Well, EXCUSE ME! JAMES.
>
> If you can endure twenty or so postings about voting, you can damned
> sure endure six from a new guy that needs help!
>
> If you don't want all the posts, get the list in digest form.
>
> If we, as enthusiasts, can't help a new guy, and cut him some slack for
> posting questions in WHATEVER FASHION HE CHOOSES, we need to reevaluate
> our priorities as a group. That's the kind of attitude I expect from a
> Microsoft techie, not a Linux enthusiast.
>
> This whole OS, and all of the affiliated groups, are about COMMUNITY. We
> all help one another to learn and progress.
>
> Of course, I might have made a mistake and accidentally posted this to
> the MicroStinks Tech Support forum.
>
> Dan
>
> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 15:47 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> > I will use your email to reply to everyone that thinks I was out of line.
> >
> > In my opinion, it would have been better for the poster to gather up
> > all his questions into one well written email. Putting each question
> > into its own individual email gets very annoying for those of us who
> > may not be interested in answering the questions.
> >
> > I think I waited long enough to make my issue known. I didn't send my
> > bitch on the third, fourth, or event he fifth email. When it hit six
> > straight emails is when I decided to voice my problem with the way the
> > questions are/were being asked. I'll agree that I wasn't very kind, or
> > even clear, in the way I voiced it.
> >
> > As for the off topic posts. At least they are one subject per thread.
> > This is the same box with all the problems. To me, that means one
> > thread not six.
> >
> > (And my name is not Jim.)
>
>
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James Sumners
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"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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