[Ti] Re: Powerbook MacIntel...

[Chris Olson]

On Nov 26, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Shawn King wrote:

> As to etiquette, Wikipedia is not the end all, be all arbitrator of  
> such things.

Neither are RFC's.  But they're widely accepted as internet standards.

> And how is someone to know whether or not what they post will be  
> "of interest to several readers"? It's an impossible standard and,  
> therefore, can be safely ignored.

Common sense, or lack thereof.

Common sense dictates that if your post contains educational,  
technical, or other information regarding PowerBooks, past and future  
versions of PowerBooks (including Intel hardware), software that runs  
on them, or hardware accessories that work with them, it'll probably  
be "of interest to several readers".

Lack of common sense is posting a reply to a personal email back to  
the list that did not originate from the list, and is clearly labeled  
OFFLIST.

Of course, there is no binding authority anywhere that says anybody  
has to follow accepted Net Etiquette.  In that case, we label the  
people who don't as "Internet Trolls".  Again, from Wikipedia:

"Inflammatory, sarcastic, disruptive or humorous content is posted,  
meant to draw other users into engaging the troll in a fruitless  
confrontation.  This gives rise to the often repeated protocol in  
internet culture: "Do not feed the trolls."

As someone else said, "Amen sir"

EOT
-- 
Chris

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