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On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:29:26 -0800, you wrote: >That you are cheap and a moron and are not happy with living in the >sticks. You know, the same thing that you posted a number of times in >the past. >Well, you posted directly to the list referring to an e-mail with a >small attachment I posted, you yelled, and you copied me. Oh, I'm just >hostile. That was not directed at me. Yeah, and nothing in my post was >directed at you. Get a life! >Steve, in an e-mail which you have not read yet, I did apologize. Put >yourself in any catagory you want. As far as the file goes, it was >small and cheap shits like you want to make it into a big deal. >You are an idiot, you are cheap. I'll make this short to save you on >"download time", read the other e-mail. >I'm glad you are having a good laugh. Maybe that will make the extra >expense of that one minute download easier to swallow. You seam to fail to see the point. Binaries are NOT ALLOWED in the = listserv or newsgroups unless they specifically allow it. It does NOT matter if it is= on-topic or not. Several people have corrected you on this, so I do not see how you = can be naive enough to still think it is acceptable. Many people have little space in = which to store these messages. You cannot excuse your violation of the rules by = saying they should get a better server. Maybe they cannot afford it or maybe it is = just not available to them. Nevertheless, it is not your place to tell others that= when you break the rules out of sheer ignorance or contempt that they are the = problems. There are several international subscribers and they may not have the easy of = accessability or storage that you may have. You ARE on the tech diver list and = voluntarily subscribed to it which means you should follow the rules, set protocol, = and normal posting ethics. This listserv is not your personal advertising tool and = will not be tolerated as such. How can you constantly belate others when no one has = supported what you have done. Are you so demented that you think you can do nothing= wrong. People in the listserv do not get to choose what e-mail is downloaded and= what isn't as filters do not get applied until after mail is downloaded. You may be = privilaged to have a cable modem and high capacity storage media, but most of people= do not. It is extremely small minded of you to assume that since we don't like = receiving unsolicited files that our connections are poor and we should stop being = "cheap" and get another system of mail retrieval. Just admit you are wrong and accept= your responsibility or leave the listserv if you cannot contribute anything. = At least some of the flames/discussions actually do generate some type of actually = useful information. Your constant single-sided position will not win. You will = not gain any pity points for belittling others, only scorn. Please contribute = something of quality, provide a supported alternate viewpoint, or aid a new user in = their diving endeavors. If others see your dedication and effort, they will be much = more likely to go to your website/conference and learn more. Blindly attacking others = simply not aid you in life.=20 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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