Re: to sig or not to sig?

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:19:24 GMT

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:13:12 +0100, Andy Baxter <news2@earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Alan Connor wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:43:23 +0100, Andy Baxter
>> <news2@earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there any advantage in using mount --bind to mount a subdirectory of a
>>> mounted volume somewhere else in the filesystem, rather than simply using
>>> a symlink?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> remove ' n - u - l - l ' to email me.
>>> Please don't send me html mail or un-notified attachments. These will be
>>> automatically filed under 'probable spam' unless I'm expecting an email
>>> which hasn't come.
>>> If you do need to send an attachment or html mail, put [attachment] or
>>> [html] in the subject line.
>>> Thanks, andy.
>>
>> That's an easy one. And if you were to trim your sig to the 4 line limit
>> I would be happy to help you.
>
> Well no doubt others won't be so picky, so it's probably not the great loss
> you'd like to think. (not that I haven't seen you post good stuff like the
> link to the rute linux guide I'm slowly working thru)
> Is there any reason why this actually matters, or genuinely bothers you?
>

Yes. Because 1) Myself and others come to the Usenet to hear what people
have to say about subjects, NOT to have the page cluttered with irrelevant
garbage.

2) Because if YOU can have a 8 line sig, then why not everyone? And if you
can have 8, why can't they have 16? And then you start seeing advertisements
in the sigs (even at 8 lines) which are nothing but spam.

>> This being the second time I've had to bring the issue up with you, I
>> won't.
>
> Sorry teacher, won't do it again... You know, being talked to like this just
> gets my back up, and my immediate inclination is either to ignore you or
> laugh about it.
>
>> One of the reasons the world is the awful place it is, is that it harbors
>> too many assholes who break any reasonable rule they can get away with
>> because it's convenient.
>
> Or, alternatively, because it harbours too many assholes who insist on every
> petty rule they know of just for the sake of it. It can go either way, and
> it's not always easy to know the difference.
>
>> Pretty amusing to break the Usenet rules in order to post a bunch of your
>> own.
>
> Which bunch of my own? Are you doing this on purpose?
>
>> Can you say "hypocrite"?
>
> hypocrite. (just checking my tongue works - no offence meant.)
>
> andy.
>

<chuckle>

Okay.

I will ignore your posts for 30 days and see to it that quite a few
others do too. (i'll contact them by email and you will go on the list.
Some of these are gurus that you would dearly love to help you out.)

Then there are all of those who are just sick of smartass punks who
would wreck this wonderful medium if we let them.

Take a hike. I'll tune back in in 30 days and see if you have grown
up a little.

You see, I'd LOVE to post a 10 line sig, but it isn't right, so I don't.

I have a website (there are free ones all over the place) where people
can go and read PAGES of material that you want them to see.

It can all be plain text.

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>foo</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><PRE>

type away

</PRE></BODY></HTML>

That's it. A complete web page ready to go as soon as you fill it in.

If it's too long a URL, go to http://tinyurl.com and get a short one
like I did. It's free. 

-- 
Later, Alan C
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