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gmirvine@sa*.ne* wrote on 08/29/97 09:49 PM:
>BULLSHIT on all counts.
....snip...
>One of the morons even put it in wirting that the dive was planned to
"ninety meters: Pete only a stroke dives to 90 m on air.
>The bottom line is that the guys is dead from deep air - how he got thjere
is called peer pressure, and if you want to blame it on borrowed
>gear, or whatever - then it is just plain stupid, and like you say, "out
>of character" as we knew him, and an extreme waste. Don;t make it worse
>by lending your name to the concept that this was anything but a
>strokefest ending in death.
>Pete, why was the boat OFF the wall? I can tell you from doing it
>myself: you can't get deep enough if you have to swim away once down -
remember you have to0 do these dives very fast - most of these have a
>"shoreline" at 320, and you need to swim out a ways to get the 400+
>stuff. You then come up back into the wall. Don't tell me about no depth
sounder, the edge is clear as day. This was an intentional deep air
operation.
>I konw a lot more about this sport that you have the time to ever
>learn, and I am calling it an obvious deep air death.
I believe that we could all benefit from (re)reading "Emily Postnews
Answers Your Questions on Netiquette", which you can
find at http://www.clari.net/brad/emily.html or at
http://psg.com/emily.html.
Some of the most relevant points:
Q: I saw a long article that I wish to rebut carefully,
what should I do?
A: Include the entire text with your article,
particularly the signature, and include your comments
closely packed between the lines. Be sure to post, and
not mail, even though your article looks like a reply to
the original. Everybody loves to read those long
point-by-point debates, especially when they evolve
into name-calling and lots of "Is too!" -- "Is not!" --
"Is too, twizot!" exchanges.
Be sure to follow-up everything, and never let another
person get in the last word on a net debate. Why, if
people let other people have the last word, then
discussions would actually stop! Remember, other net
readers aren't nearly as clever as you, and if
somebody posts something wrong, the readers can't
possibly realize that on their own without your
elucidations. If somebody gets insulting in their net
postings, the best response is to get right down to their
level and fire a return salvo. When I read one net
person make an insulting attack on another, I always
immediately take it as gospel unless a rebuttal is
posted. It never makes me think less of the insulter, so
it's your duty to respond.
....
Q: I cant spell worth a dam. I hope your going too
tell me what to do?
A: Don't worry about how your articles look.
Remember it's the message that counts, not the way it's
presented. Ignore the fact that sloppy spelling in a
purely written forum sends out the same silent
messages that soiled clothing would when addressing
an audience.
....
Q: What sort of tone should I take in my article?
A: Be as outrageous as possible. If you don't say
outlandish things, and fill your article with libelous
insults of net people, you may not stick out enough in
the flood of articles to get a response. The more
insane your posting looks, the more likely it is that
you'll get lots of followups. The net is here, after all,
so that you can get lots of attention. Be sure as well to
make your lines really long, so that they wrap at
column 85, just to annoy those few people with 80
column screens.
If your article is polite, reasoned and to the point, you
may only get mailed replies. Yuck!
....
Q: Emily, I'm having a serious disagreement with
somebody on the net. I tried complaints to his
sysadmin, organizing mail campaigns, called for his
removal from the net and phoning his employer to
get him fired. Everybody laughed at me. What can I
do?
A: Go to the daily papers. Most modern reporters are
top-notch computer experts who will understand the
net, and your problems, perfectly. They will print
careful, reasoned stories without any errors at all, and
surely represent the situation properly to the public.
The public will also all act wisely, as they are also
fully cognizant of the subtle nature of net society.
Papers never sensationalize or distort, so be sure to
point out things like racism and sexism wherever they
might exist. Be sure as well that they understand that
all things on the net, particularly insults, are meant
literally. Link what transpires on the net to the causes
of the Holocaust, if possible. If regular papers won't
take the story, go to a tabloid paper -- they are always
interested in good stories.
By arranging all this free publicity for the net, you'll
become very well known. People on the net will wait
in eager anticipation for your every posting, and refer
to you constantly. You'll get more mail than you ever
dreamed possible -- the ultimate in net success.
Safe Diving,
Wrolf
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