On Sun, 18 May 2008, xponentrob wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlie Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: culling the species > > >> He's not too rude, as you'd know if you'd bothered to pay attention. >> He tries extremely hard, but he has trouble with understanding the way >> e-mail programs quote, and manually quotes every post. If just one of >> us lived nearby and could pop round and demonstrate stuff, jon would >> find life much easier. > > I have my doubts about that. > The program he uses for email by default quotes more or less correctly. > With all the help people have tried to give him over these last months and > he still does not quote in any regard as a respectable netizen, I am left > with little but suspicion. Specifically, that it is intentional. > Having been immersed elsewhere in all manner of trollery and disingenuity, I > have grown accustomed to recognizing the tricks that can be employed, > technical or memetic. Months of "I'm a clueless newbie, indulge me" is > pretty old at this point. > I don't have a problem with what Jon has to say, after all it is well within > the realm of what we have seen before on this list and comes as no surprise. > But the claim that he cannot do a simple technical task makes me want to say > "TitsOrGTFO" He stated awhile back that he really doesn't *like* the way the program does quotes, and apparently puts a lot of effort into stripping it out. At least, that was my understanding at the time. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
