pains of a list user: a political essay

[Bob Wooten]

Three thoughts Mr. "Doe",

first get a life, others here have them & they still manage to do what they
can to help out their fellow enthusiasts with what they can.  I for one am
VERY grateful for the help that I get & think that you ought to go find
yourself both a life & a dose of gratefulness.

second, if you don't like the format, suggest another one.  ranting like an
idiot, does not get anything accomplished but tick people off.  "Mama always
said, you get more with honey than you do with vinegar".

Third, have the balls to stand up like a man & say what you think.  hiding
behind a screen name is one of the things that is so screwed up with our
country.  if you cant stand up like a man, shut up & go away.

BW

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org [mailto:owner-diy_efi at diy-efi.org]On
Behalf Of Jack Doe
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:41 AM
To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
Subject: pains of a list user: a political essay


(shaking fist and muttering cuss words)
I use the list very infrequently and have had little
success with it.  My questions must be outside the
realm of the list's rigid mindset.  Before the list
was thoughtfully relocated I used the archive feature
and was very captivated and never had to bother you
people with a single line.  Maybe the list should
become a (take a few breaths and pop some barbituates)
yahoo group or similar, where archives would be
established, preserved and treated with dignity and
most important, be web searchable (read: up to date
and conveniently accessed without massive download
using a dreadfuly common low bandwith connection).  I
know that this is a frequently discused and rage
provoking subject, hence my post.  Traveling backwards
a little, I post questions that might seem a little
mundane, as I have yet to learn microcontroller
assembly language or something similar, I
considerately post these questions because I have a
lot of respect for some of the well established list
members and see them as a source of information that
is, for all intent, otherwise impossible to obtain.
Unfortunately, I find majority of users on these type
of lists (technical) to be routinely unreceptive and
bitter.  Maybe this is a generalization on my part;
more time is spent flaming posts than writing helpful
replies.  I don't think that all of this petty
behavior can be explained as guarding intellectual
property or keeping the list foccused.  My suggestion
to yahoo-ize the list might sound like heresey to some
but it would certainly move information much more
effectively and expose the list a little more (which
is certainly against the backwards anti-agenda of the
list).

ALB


P.S.  I don't read the list much anymore or post at
all.  Just putting my two cents in.  Don't take me too
seriously.  This is just a commical asside in response
to some of the posts and domineering (rude) attitudes
that I've encountered.  I would like to thank a few
people for actually being extremely helpful and
accessible.  I would love to get a few replies.
x2943yz at yahoo.com


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