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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:55:40 -0800
To: Patrick Duffy <pduffy@al*.ne*>
From: Jack Farmer <jackfarmer@ea*.ne*>
Subject: Re: Mr. Cheapo
Cc: mblitch@ga*.ne*, techdiver@aquanaut.com, abuse@al*.ne*
Well Mr. Duffy it seems to me you have JUST PROVED his point by your own
overloaded mouth.

At 09:29 PM 10/31/98 , Patrick Duffy wrote:
>Mitch,
>
>I did not bother to read your dribble.  Shall we all get back to talking
>about bondage wings?
>
>Patrick
>
>
>Michael Blitch wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
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