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World events (was re: Joystick help
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003 03:15:30 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Vineet Honkan wrote:
> Dave-
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> Did you hear about the bombing in Bombay? It's really scary.
We heard you the first time. While it may or may not be scary, this is *way* far
enough off topic (in my opinion as someone who hangs out here although I don't
live in T.O.) that you'd get better responses if you posted it somewhere other
than this particular group. For instance off-topic.debate...
You'd also get better responses if you didn't address every remark to a
particular person, in my view... this is a newsgroup, not an email channel, so
your remarks should be of interest to more than one reader, and addressing them
to one person suggests that maybe they're not.
Hope that this serious message helps, given that some rather pointed sarcasm
didn't help much. Rather than worry about getting "kicked out", spend some time
reading what was done in the past to pick up on group norms, and to determine
what information is common knowledge and determine what information you should
be able to find out for yourself. (for instance, asking about project X showed
that you haven't even done the most basic reading of what's gone before or
familiarised yourself with the website).
If you want people to accept you, contribute and don't waste their time. That's
my view.
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