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From: Peter Ceresole on 1 Jul 2010 12:34 bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Again, I'm just baffled at the outbursts of nastiness. It's not just > Rowland. All these people are just being true to themselves. Sadly. -- Peter
From: Bella Jones on 1 Jul 2010 13:29 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-01 17:14:27 +0100, bella jonez said: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-07-01, bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >>> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> OTOH you > >>>> hardly did much for the image of a Mac user "community" or "clique" > >>>> to > >>>> give it its proper name. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Was that directed at me personally? Just wondering! > >> > >> I doubt it. It's just Steve holding a mirror up to himself as usual. > > > > Again, I'm just baffled at the outbursts of nastiness. It's not just > > Rowland. > > I do feel it is time to bring back the punishemnt fodler. Is it still around? Oh my god, the punishemnt fodler! Closed for cleaning and refilling of the coffee machine so very often. It would need a bit of a dust, but worth it, I think. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Ian Piper on 1 Jul 2010 14:23 On 2010-07-01 14:35:42 +0100, gnhone(a)globalnet.co.uk (Dr Geoff Hone) said: > When, however, > we get statements that are about as factual as "World War Bomber found > on the Moon", then there are only two options: > Point out the error (and risk the backlash) > Let it pass (and it now becomes a sort of reality on the basis that it > was on the Internet) Nah, ignoring twaddle does not give it any legitimacy, does not make it any kind of reality. Really, best to just let it pass: the trolls are trying to get a rise out of their readers and ignoring them is the only answer. There are plenty of reasonable people around here to converse with. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Steve Firth on 1 Jul 2010 14:29 bella jonez <bellajonez(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Was that directed at me personally? Not to the best of my knowledge. > Just wondering! Of course, no I've not seen you ever being snide and snotty. It's a slack handful of individuals who seem to think they have a licence to be snotty.
From: Jim on 1 Jul 2010 15:02
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > As to the identity of the person, they are a user of x-noarchive. My leafnode install here hasn't been texpire'd in many a month. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |