On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:55:32AM +0200, Nikola Petrov wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 01:53:59PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 02:33:56PM +0200, Nikola Petrov wrote: > > > > > > The fact that I don't know how the engine of my car works doesn't make > > > me a newbie. That's what abstractions in our world are for. > > > > Umm, in the "car world" yes you'd be a newbie. Don't consider it a > > derogatory term. We are all newbies somewhere. > > > > Yep that was my point exactly. Just because my mom doesn't want to wrap > her text or use non html make her a worse/better person. She just > doesn't care and wants her work done.
Right, and that's fine¹, but if she ever did subscribe to a mailing list for support, then there is a good chance that someone will say "no html thanks ..." I think as more and more people get introduced to Linux, this topic will raise itself more and more, and personally I think some people will see the light (as I did) regarding why nettiquette exists _FOR_ support mailing lists. ¹ Well, yeah I know, it isn't really. I bet she is fussy in some areas where I wouldn't be and she would be tut tut tutting if I didn't care. Am I right or am I right? :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
