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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Archos Jukebox/Studio USB cables for $1Re: Archos Jukebox/Studio USB cables for $1
From: Paul \ <paul_at_gamingmp.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 00:32:38 +0100 Please lads, just drop it ok? Thanks to Fred, shut up to everyone else Porblem solved Paul Fred Maxwell wrote: > Chris Holt wrote: > > >>This is silly. If you had gotten multiple heartfelt "thanks" for an >>unsolicited and, by your admission, off-topic tip, > > > I said that it was "a bit off-topic", but not very damned much. > > >>I would have fainted. > > > I never asked for "multiple heartfelt" thanks. But it's not unreasonable to > want people to behave as courteously online as they do in the real world. > But, maybe this is as courteous as you are in person. If so, enjoy being > single. > > >>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. > > > So you think that no one on this list needs or wants a USB cable for their > Archos Jukebox/Studio/Recorder? Where did you get that idea? If someone > offers you a soda you don't need, do you say "no" or "no, thank you"? > > >>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. > > > Since you don't seem to think that common courtesy is something to be > valued, I won't waste your bandwidth with pleasantries. I never asked for > an "orgy of gratitude", did I? Now you're just being a dick and making crap > up to try to make me look bad. > > >>(for which your request was a first in my long and >>varied ML experience) > > > I didn't ask people to thank me. I pointed out that saying "thanks" in > general would make things more pleasant here. If someone takes the time to > post a tip, saying "thanks" is just common courtesy. When it comes to > "common courtesy", it appears that you're batting a solid .500. > > Regards, > Fred Maxwell > > Received on 2003-09-28 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |