E Meyer wrote:
<snip>

>I have a
> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
> who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
> the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
> become one of them.

what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
juvenile.

 

E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:


>
> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
> nuts.
>


Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
A cheat on them, as I said.

Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:


>
> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
> nuts.
>


Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
A cheat on them, as I said.

Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:


>
> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
> nuts.
>


Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
A cheat on them, as I said.

Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
news:xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful
>> people who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about
>> top-posting and/or the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am
>> hoping Tegger doesn¹t become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm
> writing to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is
> /so/ ing juvenile.
>


Come on jim, stop holding back and tell us what you *really* think!



--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
news:xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful
>> people who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about
>> top-posting and/or the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am
>> hoping Tegger doesn¹t become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm
> writing to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is
> /so/ ing juvenile.
>


Come on jim, stop holding back and tell us what you *really* think!



--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
news:xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful
>> people who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about
>> top-posting and/or the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am
>> hoping Tegger doesn¹t become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm
> writing to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is
> /so/ ing juvenile.
>


Come on jim, stop holding back and tell us what you *really* think!



--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

On 4/26/06 11:09 PM, in article
xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"
<nospam@example.net> wrote:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
>> who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
>> the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
>> become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
> to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
> juvenile.

Boy, you sure turned into an !

I was trying to make the point that attempting to police the groups is
futile and can turn into exactly the sort of crap you just descended to.
Thanks for making my point.

 

On 4/26/06 11:09 PM, in article
xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"
<nospam@example.net> wrote:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
>> who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
>> the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
>> become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
> to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
> juvenile.

Boy, you sure turned into an !

I was trying to make the point that attempting to police the groups is
futile and can turn into exactly the sort of crap you just descended to.
Thanks for making my point.

 

On 4/26/06 11:09 PM, in article
xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"
<nospam@example.net> wrote:

> E Meyer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I have a
>> number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
>> who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
>> the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
>> become one of them.
>
> what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
> someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
> to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
> juvenile.

Boy, you sure turned into an !

I was trying to make the point that attempting to police the groups is
futile and can turn into exactly the sort of crap you just descended to.
Thanks for making my point.

 

On 4/27/06 6:48 AM, in article Xns97B24F7045855tegger@207.14.113.17,
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

> E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
> news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:
>
>
>>
>> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
>> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
>> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
>> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
>> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
>> nuts.
>>
>
>
> Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
> bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
> The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
> since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
> group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
> A cheat on them, as I said.
>
> Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

I don't disagree, but my (personal) experience has been that when I have
cross posted my question, that one correct answer is almost never cross
posted to all those same groups. On one occasion that the answer I needed
was cross posted, the answerer was flamed on at least one of the groups for
excessive cross posting. I just don't think you can win trying to fix these
things & even making the attempt just causes frustration (and seems to bring
out Jim Beam's true personality...).

 

On 4/27/06 6:48 AM, in article Xns97B24F7045855tegger@207.14.113.17,
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

> E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
> news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:
>
>
>>
>> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
>> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
>> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
>> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
>> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
>> nuts.
>>
>
>
> Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
> bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
> The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
> since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
> group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
> A cheat on them, as I said.
>
> Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

I don't disagree, but my (personal) experience has been that when I have
cross posted my question, that one correct answer is almost never cross
posted to all those same groups. On one occasion that the answer I needed
was cross posted, the answerer was flamed on at least one of the groups for
excessive cross posting. I just don't think you can win trying to fix these
things & even making the attempt just causes frustration (and seems to bring
out Jim Beam's true personality...).

 

On 4/27/06 6:48 AM, in article Xns97B24F7045855tegger@207.14.113.17,
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

> E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in
> news:C075643E.F8381%epmeyer50@msn.com:
>
>
>>
>> What's next, criticism of every top-poster and anyone who has the
>> audacity to ask about the maintenance light? Your postings and your
>> website have been very useful to a lot of people, but lately you seem
>> to be descending more and more frequently into the etiquette policeman
>> trap. Maybe its time to take a short break before it all drives you
>> nuts.
>>
>
>
> Suppose a question was asked in several groups, each with different viewer
> bases. Suppose in ONE of those groups the question was answered correctly.
> The viewers in the other groups would be completely unaware of the answer
> since they are not aware of the question having been asked in the other
> group. This means that those who read for edification remain uneducated.
> A cheat on them, as I said.
>
> Crossposting is the cure for such informational disconnects.

I don't disagree, but my (personal) experience has been that when I have
cross posted my question, that one correct answer is almost never cross
posted to all those same groups. On one occasion that the answer I needed
was cross posted, the answerer was flamed on at least one of the groups for
excessive cross posting. I just don't think you can win trying to fix these
things & even making the attempt just causes frustration (and seems to bring
out Jim Beam's true personality...).

 

E Meyer wrote:
> On 4/26/06 11:09 PM, in article
> xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"
> <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>
>>E Meyer wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>>I have a
>>>number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
>>>who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
>>>the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
>>>become one of them.
>>
>>what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
>>someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
>>to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
>>juvenile.
>
>
> Boy, you sure turned into an !
>
> I was trying to make the point that attempting to police the groups is
> futile and can turn into exactly the sort of crap you just descended to.
> Thanks for making my point.
>

even more classic bullshit - the classic aggressor-victim switcheroo. i
hold up the mirror, and you fight your own reflection. ridiculous.

 

E Meyer wrote:
> On 4/26/06 11:09 PM, in article
> xq6dnba-F7Fs3s3ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@speakeasy.net, "jim beam"
> <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>
>>E Meyer wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>>I have a
>>>number of ID's in the kill file of formerly intelligent and helpful people
>>>who burned out and descended into nonsensical rants about top-posting and/or
>>>the infamous "Maintenance required" light. I am hoping Tegger doesn¹t
>>>become one of them.
>>
>>what a bunch of passive-aggressive bullshit. if you want to killfile
>>someone, either just do it or shut up. ranting with this, "i'm writing
>>to you, but my /real/ intended audience is tegger" crap is /so/ ing
>>juvenile.
>
>
> Boy, you sure turned into an !
>
> I was trying to make the point that attempting to police the groups is
> futile and can turn into exactly the sort of crap you just descended to.
> Thanks for making my point.
>

even more classic bullshit - the classic aggressor-victim switcheroo. i
hold up the mirror, and you fight your own reflection. ridiculous.