Re: Test

Mary Jo wrote:

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:29:38 -0500, Alan Lichtenstein <arl@xxxxxxx>
wrote:


Mary Jo wrote:


On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:06:17 -0500, Alan Lichtenstein <arl@xxxxxxx>
wrote:



Evelyn Ruut wrote:



"Alan Lichtenstein" <arl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:97udnXefQIbGYXDYnZ2dnUVZ_rSjnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx



Evelyn Ruut wrote:



"Alan Lichtenstein" <arl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CfadnZbiTJusXnDYnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx



Evelyn Ruut wrote:



"Alan Lichtenstein" <arl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:vr-dnQd77LCZ_3DYnZ2dnUVZ_ovinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx



Old_Timer wrote:



On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:17:15 -0800, Mary Jo wrote:




Test





All that feedback just because Mary Jo wanted to test her news reader.

Old_Timer




Someone using Forte Agent ought to be sophisticated enough to know basic netiquette regarding posting test questions.





Alan, you are being astonishingly, nit-pickingly silly about this.

Evelyn



And you, Evelyn are being astonishingly judgmental to infer that what annoys me is less than it ought to be, simply because the same thing does not annoy you. Perhaps it would be best if we leave 'to each his own,' and decide for ourselves what is an annoyance and what is not. And that done, do not try to project our decisions on others.




I enjoy your posts very much Alan, and frankly, though tempests in teapots strike me as a waste of time, but if that is what you like, go for it.


To paraphrase a saying, Evelyn, "watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves." If you don't watch the pennies, you won't have any dollars to worry about. I trust you get the gist of those comments in view of yours.



OH ALAN! That was what my miserly ex husband used to say! LOL!

:-)

Aside from the jest, I do understand where you are coming from but I still think that usenet is too big to try and "police" with complaints about test posts. There are genuine trolls, evil people (and we know who they are) and all sorts of nasties out there.

Some things are just too small to fuss about, unless you are into shoveling you know what against the tide.

But seriously, I appreciate your posts and for the most part, we are in agreement on a lot of it.

Evelyn, all I intended to say is that one witty, illustrative saying supporting one's point deserves its rebuke with another. It's a polite form of "one upsmanship." However, as they say, ignorance is no excuse, and perhaps the original poster didn't know about netiquette, and the proper place to post test messages. Although I doubt that, one, because the poster was using a somewhat sophisticated and specialized newsreader, not expected tobe found in a novice, and second, as the names are not familiar, and may very well be trolls. Given the benefit of the doubt, my post was instructive, hopefully.

But I do thank you for your compliment, and I too enjoy your participation, even in threads where I simply lurk.


Do you suppose that it could have been the first time she used that
"specialized" news reader?

Whether or not you used a new and different newsreader has no bearing on WHERE you ought to have posted your test message, and that you SHOULD have been sufficiently conversant with "netiquette' and Usenet itself. Fact remains, you weren't. In truth, THAT is one of the reasons why news:alt.test was created; so that people like yourself could 'practice' using a new newsreader, without inserting needless and irrelevant bandwidth into NG's and where participants have other objectives.


Your criticism, time and efforts could be directed at more meaningful
situations.

My criticisms, time and efforts would have been unnecessary had YOU expended the time and effort to educate yourself more fully about the medium you are using. And I will decide what is meaningful for myself; not you.


While Alan comes across as a well educated, well informed, and erudite
person it also quite apparent that he is completely "full of himself"
and has inclinations to be a control freak.

And I will also make my own decisions, Mr. Know it All, without any
input from you.

Ah,now when the criticisms are well placed, we see the final come back of the defeated: The retreat to the ad homenim attack. Attack the criticizer, as if that somehow negates the improper behavior of the perpetrator.

Never works and never will. But it DOES tend to assuage a shallow ego, after you were properly called on the reason that precipitated the slander. After all, it is because I am 'full of myself', and am a 'control freak,' that caused your ignorance. Do those two seem to have some connection? Didn't think so.

You would have been better served to admit your ignorance and say 'thank you,' and have gone on your way. But not you. You couldn't take the rebuke. So you relied on the only course of reply open to you: Ad homenim slander.

So have fun and slander away all you want. Fact remains you STILL were ignorant of 'Netiquette,' were still ignorant of general Usenet protocols, informal as they are, and STILL posted a test message improperly.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Test
    ... Someone using Forte Agent ought to be sophisticated enough to know ... basic netiquette regarding posting test questions. ... about test posts. ... However, as they say, ignorance is no excuse, ...
    (soc.senior.issues)
  • Re: Heres how its going to play out.
    ... In fact, Sheila, given the $150 billion that Obama wants to ... the recognition of that ignorance, ... those facts, all of which you had absolutely no clue about. ... appears in almost every sentence that he posts and he seems to be ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: Heres how its going to play out.
    ... So, Sheila, it is Obama's ... the recognition of that ignorance, ... Alan's biggest problem is that his intellectual arrogance appears in almost every sentence that he posts and he seems to be afraid that the reader might not notice it, so he makes sure that it doesn't play out that way by the overt insults he tosses around in just about every sentence he utters. ... I've stated why I feel people kill file; Evelyn has not, ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: Test
    ... All that feedback just because Mary Jo wanted to test her news reader. ... And you, Evelyn are being astonishingly judgmental to infer that what annoys me is less than it ought to be, simply because the same thing does not annoy you. ... I do understand where you are coming from but I still think that usenet is too big to try and "police" with complaints about test posts. ... Whether or not you used a new and different newsreader has no bearing on WHERE you ought to have posted your test message, and that you SHOULD have been sufficiently conversant with "netiquette' and Usenet itself. ...
    (soc.senior.issues)
  • Re: SETTING YOU FREE
    ... Either way it doesn't change the fact that you have lied, your prejudice is quite well documented in your own posts, and you continue to show your ignorance by failing to listen to what others are saying. ... Looking over the few conversations we have had on this forum, it looks like someone raising reasonable questions during your sermons, is instantly attacked as being in some way deviant from the Christian path, and the opportunity is used to sneak in another sermon while you have their attention. ...
    (uk.religion.interfaith)