From: Chris Holt <amiga2k_at_cox.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:05:01 -0400

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:38:59 -0400, Fred Maxwell wrote:
> Paul "Winkie" Robins politely wrote:
>
>
>> If you are so hung up on being thanked for everything you do, thanks.
>>
>
> What I'm "hung up on" is common courtesy. I participate in several
> lists and on the other lists it is customary to thank people when they
> try to provide a handy tip (e.g., from the Exact Audio Copy list:
> "Thanks, this little trick is worth knowing.").
>
> I'd rather not have any more "heartfelt" thanks in this thread, but it
> would be a pleasant change to see people say "thanks" more often in the
> future.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Maxwell

This is silly. If you had gotten multiple heartfelt "thanks" for an
unsolicited and, by your admission, off-topic tip, I would have fainted.

Check the archives, about once every other month someone moans about the
cost of the OEM cable and several links to reasonably prices cables are
posted. Never seen more than the occasional single "thanks" when a link
was requested, and I'm not sure why anyone would be expected to thank you
for a link to something they don't need.

I'm glad you have other "kinder gentler" lists to read, because this is a
list filled with geeks and hackers and the discussion is decidedly more
likely to go off into specifications/protocols/potential hacks than an
orgy of gratitude. (for which your request was a first in my long and
varied ML experience)

Chris
Received on 2003-09-28