RE: Too many answer to simple questions

["David Murphy" <murphy_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As far as I'm concerned Eric and anybody else on this list can say whatever 
they darn well please. I've posted an irrelevant item or two. In fact, I prefer 
it a little rowdy and unorganized. The point is there is a discrepancy here. 
Newbies are castigated for not following the list guidelines by old-timers who 
ignore the guidelines themselves. Are the rules for everybody or not? 
Personally, I like this list just the way it is (or was before this topic 
arose) and I hope we can drop this topic and get on with other matters. 

David Murphy
Information Services
Oregon State Scholarship Commission
1500 Valley River Drive
Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 687-7433


-----Original Message-----
From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com  On Behalf Of Kathleen Kostuck
Sent:   Thursday, January 14, 1999 7:09 AM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Too many answer to simple questions

Maybe that's because Eric has contributed so many 'relevant' posts. 
Besides, I like his sense of humor. Maybe our list owner does too. :^)

Kathleen Kostuck
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AS/400 Solutions
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> From: David Murphy <murphy_d@OSCAR.OSSC.STATE.OR.US>
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Too many answer to simple questions
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 12:17 PM
> 
> It's a curious thing: let one new, inexperienced AS400 user ask a very
basic question and there is a huge hue and cry to "RTFM!" and reams of
discussion and opinion about too many responses clogging our bandwidth and
wasting our time, but let a list member of long-standing post something
completely irrelevant and there's not a peep, particularly not from the
list owner. Very curious.
> 
> (Nothing personal, Eric).
> 
> David Murphy
> Information Services
> Oregon State Scholarship Commission
> 1500 Valley River Drive
> Eugene, OR 97401
> (541) 687-7433
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com  On Behalf Of Eric DeLong
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 7:39 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re[2]: AS/400 news on ZDNET
> 
> 
>      "Trouble with Nibbles"
>      
>      Scene opens: Our heroes, Cap'n Lou and his trusty sidekick Mr. 
>      Soltis viewing something strange.
>      
>      Cap'n Lou:     What the heck is that?
>      
>      Mr.Soltis:     It appears to be a 'nibble', and there appears to be 
>      more of them leaking from that machine.
>      
>      Cap'n Lou:     I recognise that machine. It's an NT server 
>      installed here by the nefarious BG. No one knows what these things 
>      are for, but they seem to be throwing the galaxy into terror and 
>      mayhem. Wherever they're located, computers just start rebooting 
>      for no reason..... (reaching out for a group of nibbles)
>      
>      Mr.Soltis:     Careful Cap'n, a single nibble by itself is 
>      relatively harmless, but get two of them together, and they'll 
>      byte. I've heard it can be quite uncomfortable. 
>      
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