Re: Discussion Group Posting Protocol

I put this "rant" in another thread because--after having received three
nasty replies in twelve replies altogether (to other TECHNICAL posts)--I
thought it was appropriate; and I was unaware that any of you would be FORCED
to view it more than once. I receive email notification of replies to my
posts (or others I'm interested in) and I only browse ones that I WANT to
read. I don't HAVE TO read any that I'm not interested in, and I don't have
to "delete" ANY of them. If anyone else is confined to some other
arrangement that I am unaware of then I apologize for the inconvenience but,
like a web designer who can't know how a site will render on all platforms: I
don't know what you're seeing. And because "Pop" wasn't the only person to
be terse and rude with me I wanted to convey these observations to more than
just him and I thought that starting a new thread was the only way to do
this. If I was wrong, I apologize...for THAT and THAT ALONE.

Proficiency requires experience, which will inevitably entail mistakes along
the way--but it's unnecessary for discussion group users to be caustic in
"straightening out" novice subscribers. There's enough strife in the world
already.

"Antioch" wrote:


"hkeycurrentuser" <hkeycurrentuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:B7A32C46-DBA0-4874-8940-9D73F89A2D45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gee willikers mister "Pop," sir...is that right? Golly! What's it like
to
be so smart?

While I'm new to discussion groups (I can usually find all the answers I
need in KB articles or elsewhere online) since I've been a
programmer/analyst, hardware technician and helpline specialist for over
thirty years I've got more advice to offer than I do questions, and here's
some for you: GET SOME MANNERS!

Out of a dozen replies to some half-dozen posts I've made in the last
couple
of days THREE of them have been rude and disrespectful, like yours--one of
them calling me "stupid"...and ONLY because he couldn't wrap his tiny
brain
around what I was saying.

IF YA CAN'T SAY SUMTHIN' NICE, DON'T SAY NUTHIN' AT ALL!

Since you make no apologies for your sarcasm I'm not going to apologize
for
my inadvertent breach of discussion group protocol, and after reading "How
can I post a message to more than one Usenet newsgroup?" what I'm
"getting"
is that such breaches primarily inconvenience the poster himself rather
than
the reader--so how difficult is it to JUST NOT READ the same post twice in
two different groups?

I realize that since they took Star Trek and "Zena, Warrior Princess" off
TV
prima donna computer geeks haven't had much besides PDAs and Bluetooth
technology to keep them company, but really: GET A LIFE! A great deal of
the acerbic sniping that goes on in these "professional" discussion groups
is
tantamount to the prattle exchanged by adolescents in teen chat rooms.
GROW
UP!



Why have you put this rant in another thread - you already have it in your
original thread - unless of course it is your intention to pizz everybody
off by having to read/delete all over again.
This will be my only response to you on this subject.
Antioch.



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