Bill,

Thanks for the steer on why the Subject Line was invented. Is it too too
outlandish to conjecture that someone will someday figure out how to link
the subject line to the delete key so that a mere tap will eliminate not
only the bothersome subject line but the irrelevant drivel it heralds as
well? Wouldn't such a development save the Thought Police a lot of time.
Thought Cops who are voice users could rig things such that the mere tapping
of the delete key would cause their speakers to blare: "Take that you lowly
pile of irrelevance and never darken my system again!" Maybe my subject
line/delete key idea is just too far out, but, if we all close our eyes
really really tight and wish and wish with all our might who knows what will
come of it. Alternately we could pool our coin and fund civility lessons for
humourless folk whose computer egos have run amuck.

Like Liz, I got a wrist slap for my irrelevant support of her irrelevant PDF
post. Odd, since I was interested in what she had to say.

Bill Carroll, Toronto

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pasco <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: flaming and an apology if one is needed


>I wouldn't sweat the note telling you to confine your discussion to private
>email to much.  It has been my experience, that certain rather up-tight
>members of this list consider any person discussing a topic which they are
>not interested in, or they already know the answer to (off topic).  I like
>to think of them as thought police.  As you, I have seen some postings
>clearly off topic made to this list on political views, and personal
>economic agendas etc.  At least your questions had to do with computers.  I
>myself have no interest in PDA file conversions, but that is why they
>invented the subject line, so I can skip messages which do not interest me.
>Flaming is a particularly rude development that impatient computer users
>use.  I wonder why the fact that this is an electronic communication medium
>makes it alright to be rude and unpleasant.  Probably, because one can hide
>behind that impersonal keyboard, and doesn't have to take responsibility
>for poor behavior.
>
>Happy Martin Luther King day.  Oops, I'm sorry, that's off topic isn't it.
>(just being silly forgive me!)
>
>Bill
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