dear sir, how offended you must have been to come across non north american usage in a north american mailing list.. oh wait, but it it isn't is it? that aside, i could have sworn that a chap called berners-lee had at least a minor role in creating the current internet paradigm but what would i know? - not being north american you see. a person can call themselves what they want, and if a falsehood isn't involved - who cares, and why? the 'internet' is a social phenomenon with a diversity that makes it a fitting companion alongside such other phenomena as the open source movement, as such it(we) are about as international as it is possible to get. as a computer user i am relatively speaking a know-nothing, and say little (though perhaps too soon sometimes) but learn quite a bit,; as a member of the social grouping that is this list (and it is a social grouping-the pheromonal vibe sometimes would give anyone a silver streak), i feel uncomfortable at standing (so to speak) at the back and not saying anything about how fellow members are sometimes treated. at the risk of prolonging this catalogue of haranguing and feverish denouncement i feel i must stand up for Dr. Michael Powell, Ph.D.'s right to identify himself as he wishes. bascule-it'sthenameofacharacterfromabookbutheythat'smeiguessthejigisup,ohnohowfoolishimustlookwhatwillnorthamericathinkofmenow? toCharles Curley wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 05:48:30PM -0400, Dr Michael Powell, Ph.D. wrote: > > > > > > > > To the cooker and expert list; > > Are you people so insecure that when I sign my imput and use the > > title that did not come easily, and one that I am proud of, that you > > have to try and belittle me for NO appartent reason. The Dr. means > > that I went through post graduate school with 3.8 average and the > > Ph.D. shows that I am not an MD. My disertation was in Theoryetical > > Physics. So give me a break here, you might learn something. > > Dr. Powell, if you got all the way to a fud without learning how to spell, > punctuate, or capitalize, perhaps you shouldn't be so damned proud of it. > > Netiquette is derived from North American usage for the very simple reason > that it was North Americans who invented the Internet, invented email, and > invented lists and usenet. It is customary in North America, where, I > believe, most of the list members reside, for non-MDs to use their > credentials only in a professional context. Next time you present a paper > on theoretical physics, feel free to use the Ph.D. (With the > Ph.D. present, the Dr. is redundant, for reasons that are obvious if you > know how to expand both abbreviations.) However, this list is very > practical and about computers, not physics. In this context, your > doctorate is irrelevant. Your use of your alphabet soup, however hard > earned, came across here as pretentious. Linux users are pioneers, and, > like all pioneers, they have little use for pomposity. Perhaps the list > over-reacted in toasting you unmercifully, perhaps not. But you left > yourself open for it, so don't complain that you got it. > > As for giving you a break, you ought to have given yourself a break by not > raising the subject again. On the expert list (I cannot address the cooker > list), the matter was over, done with, and forgotten until you posted this > email. Apparently, you missed another lesson of undergraduate work, which > is that if you wish to avoid hazing by upperclassmen, you don't offer them > invitations to do it. > > While we are on the subject of etiquette, it is unnecessary to post your > public key in your signature. Either a URL, or posting your key to a key > server and providing its length and fingerprint, are sufficient. > > > -- > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > > > > mQGiBDm4v6YRBADUzSr+X7TuAvbaaa1u8wrpTNijkN0wqj8NJe9qHsHy2b7EEVHv > > s2PAk8iEnco7j51FK+ZbvrODqxkDeOLELvcpelxUzDGMw3Q7NBzA2vcE9UKgf2WM > > -- > > -- C^2 > > No windows were crashed in the making of this email. > > Looking for fine software and/or web pages? > http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
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