Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-19 Thread Dyana Wu
On 20 Nov 2007, at 12:29 PM, Chas. Owens wrote: -snip- People can do whatever they want, but there is always the question of reasonableness. -snip- Can we all agree that we've officially gone past any semblance of "reasonableness" by having had this thread continue after it has already achieve

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-19 Thread Chas. Owens
On Nov 19, 2007 9:13 PM, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Hey, if Randal can get upset by daft disclaimers, why can't someone else > take offence at a long advertising sig? snip People can do whatever they want, but there is always the question of reasonableness. Schwartz's sig is four

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Dixon
Jenda Krynicky wrote: > From: "Omega -1911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> And I used to love your articles in various mags... Thank God for the many others that are *really* here to help on this list. Sometimes the best help you can get is a slap and an explanation why you got it. You might not li

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-19 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Omega -1911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And I used to love your articles in various mags... Thank God for the > many others that are *really* here to help on this list. Sometimes the best help you can get is a slap and an explanation why you got it. You might not like it at the moment, but it

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-18 Thread Yitzchok Good
On Nov 18, 2007 8:21 PM, Omega -1911 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a kick out of Randal's comment "I helped build this internet." > > QUESTION FOR RANDAL: What about the many other (million+ developers) > on this island, Gilligan? > > And I used to love your articles in various mags... Thank G

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-18 Thread Omega -1911
I got a kick out of Randal's comment "I helped build this internet." QUESTION FOR RANDAL: What about the many other (million+ developers) on this island, Gilligan? And I used to love your articles in various mags... Thank God for the many others that are *really* here to help on this list. You ca

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-18 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:09:50 -0500, Chas. Owens wrote: > > Because of netiquette. It isn't just Schwartz who is offended by this > > sort of thing, it is offensive to everyone who remembers the time > > before Eternal September. It is also a good idea to co

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-15 Thread Peter Scott
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:09:50 -0500, Chas. Owens wrote: > Because of netiquette. It isn't just Schwartz who is offended by this > sort of thing, it is offensive to everyone who remembers the time > before Eternal September. It is also a good idea to conform to > netiquette because people are more

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Chas. Owens
On Nov 14, 2007 12:59 PM, Omega -1911 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > > Oh hell, why doesn't *the great one* create a regex to remove > contiguous lines that contain *certain* words on his end? Oh my fault, > this list is his kingdom... Perl's excellent for text manipulation. snip Because of n

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Omega -1911
> -- Oh hell, why doesn't *the great one* create a regex to remove contiguous lines that contain *certain* words on his end? Oh my fault, this list is his kingdom... Perl's excellent for text manipulation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Rob Dixon
Chas. Owens wrote: On Nov 14, 2007 9:45 AM, Jay Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While I certainly share your annoyance, I don't think we should punish people for their employers' sins. The problem is that there is no way to correctly guess where the content ends and the sig begins (damn uns

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Chas. Owens
On Nov 14, 2007 9:45 AM, Jay Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 13, 2007 12:13 PM, Randal L. Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So, you have a one line question, and 15 lines of disclaimer, which is not > > even legally enforcable? That's really pretty inexcusable to thrust on a

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Jay Savage
On Nov 13, 2007 12:13 PM, Randal L. Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, you have a one line question, and 15 lines of disclaimer, which is not > even legally enforcable? That's really pretty inexcusable to thrust on a > mailing list. Did I mention it's pointless, and unenforcable? > > Pl

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-14 Thread Lars Haugseth
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John W . Krahn) wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 November 2007 13:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Nov 13, 9:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: > > > > > long disclaimer> So, you have a one line question, and 15 lines of > > > disclaimer > > > > Oh, no, Randal,

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-13 Thread John W . Krahn
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 13:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Nov 13, 9:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: > > > long disclaimer> So, you have a one line question, and 15 lines of > > disclaimer > > Oh, no, Randal, you didn't READ it, did you? Surely you are not > specificall

Re: Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-13 Thread usenet
On Nov 13, 9:13 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: > disclaimer> > So, you have a one line question, and 15 lines of disclaimer Oh, no, Randal, you didn't READ it, did you? Surely you are not specifically the "intended recipient" of the message, so you are "strictly prohibited" fr

Meta: please don't mail here if you have huge useless pointless disclaimers (was Re: SOH char)

2007-11-13 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> ""Brown," == "Brown, Rodrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: "Brown,> How can I split a string based on this char? Or even print it in perl "Brown,> Thanks. "Brown,> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Brown,> This message is intended o

Re: SOH char

2007-11-13 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 11/13/07, Brown, Rodrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I split a string based on this char? Or even print it in perl Do you know specifically which character you want? Any character may be represented by a backslash escape in a literal string. If you can find your character on an ASCII

Re: SOH char

2007-11-13 Thread Chas. Owens
On Nov 13, 2007 9:56 AM, Brown, Rodrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I split a string based on this char? Or even print it in perl > Thanks. snip I assume you are talking about the Start of Header ASCII control character. This is character 1 in the ASCII set, so you should be able to sp

SOH char

2007-11-13 Thread Brown, Rodrick
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