Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!ig!ames!saturn!xanthian From: xanthian@saturn.ADS.COM (Metafont Consultant Account) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Flames Message-ID: <10579@saturn.ADS.COM> Date: 23 Jan 90 20:20:07 GMT References: <120@uncmed.med.unc.edu> Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 24 In article <120@uncmed.med.unc.edu> unccab@uncmed.med.unc.edu (Charles Balan) writes: = In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) writes: => => Folks have been knocking flames for years, but it seems like the => last few days have seen an increase in the number of calls for => self-control........perhaps we should *encourage* pats on the back. => When someone makes a posting => that is helpful, insightful, clever, kind, or whatever, why *not* => tell that person via the net rather than email? => = = = Hmm, I kinda like the idea...but what would we call it when we do the = opposite of flaming? Watering? I think the term of art is stroking. -- Again, my opinions, not the account furnishers'. xanthian@well.sf.ca.us xanthian@ads.com (Kent Paul Dolan) Kent, the (bionic) man from xanth, now available as a build-a-xanthian kit at better toy stores near you. Warning - some parts proven fragile. -> METAFONT, TeX, graphics programming done on spec -- (415) 964-4486 <-