On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 08:17 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 21 aug 12, 09:36:00, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Please don't make haste in assuming malice. > > This was meant as "please don't assume intent to attack/offend/etc/...". > I'm sorry if my bad wording offended someone, that was not my intention. > > The rest still stands: > > > Communication via e-mail between people of different native languages > > and cultures is quite a challenge, especially for humor and sarcasm. > > > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > > > > - A good rule of thumb: Be conservative in what you send and > > liberal in what you receive. You should not send heated messages > > (we call these "flames") even if you are provoked. On the other > > hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's > > prudent not to respond to flames. > > > > [...] > > > > - Remember that the recipient is a human being whose culture, > > language, and humor have different points of reference from your > > own. Remember that date formats, measurements, and idioms may > > not travel well. Be especially careful with sarcasm. > > Kind regards, > Andrei
Apologize, I just want o test if Joe's autoresponder finally is turned off, so I need to reply to a thread that was infiltrated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1345617406.3957.9.camel@precise
