>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Offensive or otherwise, the list is not the place to flame about it, On the contrary... in the absence of a special "meta" list, meta information is *always* on topic on a list. Otherwise, where would it get discussed? Peter> The discussion about whether this policy would render the list Peter> useless was had when it started: Peter> http://use.perl.org/articles/01/06/01/048204.shtml And the category of my comment is not addressed there. That's about flaming people for not doing their own research. That's not the case here. This is not about being a beginner at Perl. This is about being a sane person *on the net*. I want to make it clear that posting pointless disclaimer messages here *or anywhere* is unwelcome. I did it in-band to generate precisely the awareness that it has now raised. Had I raised the issue privately, we wouldn't have this archived response now, making it clear that this behavior is disruptive to at *least* this list. I have no love for lawyers in general, nor in the kind that require these pointless disclaimers, nor in people who, being bound by rules from idiot companies who require such disclaimers then continue to post to mailing list that I read. Get a free email account somewhere, or use web mail, or use perlmonks instead of this list. No excuses. And I'm apparently not alone on taking this position. I helped build this internet. I'm not about to let the newbies litter it up. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
