On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:08:57PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > * Damien Fleuriot <m...@my.gd> [2011-06-23 03:56:54 +0200]: > > > On 23 Jun 2011, at 01:02, George Kontostanos <gkontos.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Look, I think that this is getting personal and not constructive at all. > > > Stop mumbling unless you have something useful to add. > > > > > > > How about you do what he says and stop top posting, as per the list's > > policy ? > > > > Annoying pretty much everyone in the list with your stubbornness about > > top posting and your misplaced rudeness towards a helper might result > > in a drop in the number of people willing to spend time helping you. > > This will be my last post on this topic. George you are rude and I know > I will not be offering any more suggestions for you. I foresee few > others willing to help you now as well. Jeremy has willingly given you a > great amount of detail to work with and it's up to him to look past your > rude behavior and continue to help you.
<off-topic> The difference is that I really don't care if people top-post, bottom-post, or respond in-line. I work with whatever I'm presented with. I personally use all 3 methods depending upon the context is and what mailing list rules allow/permit. But it varies per list, and some lists have zealots that absolutely despise top-posting (even if the list permits it). I fully acknowledge that the FreeBSD lists advocate and insist upon in-line or bottom-post replies, and I honour that -- as should George. But let's be reasonable: there's a problem at hand that George is needing help with. The last thing a person under duress (re: in a situation like this) needs is to be lectured about "not confirming to mailing list style". I say this knowing that conforming to said list style is important, however. I tend to keep my "style conformity" requests very terse and mentioned as one-liners at the bottom of the mail, e.g. "P.S. -- Folks here don't like top-posting, please try to avoid it if you can, thanks!". Otherwise all it does is irritate an already-irritated person who's in need of assistance. Remember: they took the time to ask for help, which in this day and age is practically a miracle. </off-topic> -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
