=- Peter Davis wrote on Sat 1.Dec'12 at 17:57:03 -0500 -= > So the owners have not seen fit to establish a 72-character line > length rule, or a bottom- or conversational-posting rule, or even > a "no HTML" rule. > > I supposed you could argue that these would be so obvious that > stating them would be redundant. Even so, these implicit rules > would apply only to this list, and not to mailing lists in > general. You might want to be more careful of this distinction in > your writing.
You certainly remember the anecdote of a person sueing a company for not notifying that the hot coffee the person bought was too hot to drink immediately without cooling... now all coffee cups must carry a warning/ disclaimer. Is that really necessary? Don't/shouldn't we all _know_ that coffee is hot and can hurt? You can act like this and demand that each and every corner-case should be codified... but that's impractical. Usually "common sense" should apply and suffice, and it applies generally anywhere, not just here, it's nothing specific for mutters but any mail-user. Yet there are those who don't have such sense... doing whatever suits them disregarding anyone else. When pointed to common sense, still refusing to do it common, rather doing nonsense... is this really what you want? -- © Rado S. -- You must provide YOUR effort for your goal! EVERY effort counts: at least to show your attitude. You're responsible for ALL you do: you get what you give.
