[ale] Newbee needing help #6

[Keith Miller]

Bruce,

Let folks rant. You don't need to change your methodology (can't please all
of the people all of the time).  Let's just stick to your problems without
getting to involved with the ongoing debate (that's what I try to do).

K

Bruce Jones wrote:
> Not Jim,
> 
> Let me share my reasoning, I currently manage over 100 open discussions on 21 different Discussion Boards in my classes, it has been my experience that if you ask three questions in the same e-mail, the last one gets replied to, the others are skipped, seems to be human nature. I intentionally flagged my posts here "Nubee" so members of this group, who don't want to deal with new users, could ignore me if they chose. I will spread my questions out in the future, thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Jul 18, 2006 3:47 PM
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] Newbee needing help #6
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>> On 7/18/06, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:47 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
>>>> Would you mind not spamming the list every half hour?
>>>>
>>> Jim, I don't know what got in your craw, but I would certainly be a bit
>>> more entertaining of someone new trying to gather enough information to
>>> make their system work. He is, after all, trying to bring up a linux
>>> system, and this is a linux enthusiasts list.
>>>
>>> I've seen a whole lot less on-topic conversations carried on for days
>>> here, and no one started squawking about that for the first few days at
>>> least. I think we can be a little more patient with a new guy that that.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
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>> -- 
>> James Sumners
>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
>> CH:D 59
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