Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: carsup@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Fisher Library support) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Stupid question to Amiga Users... Message-ID: <1990Nov6.093105.4670@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Date: 6 Nov 90 09:31:05 GMT References: <1990Oct29.034623.9028@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1990Oct29.050707.31365@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <391@goya.dit.upm.es> Reply-To: carsup@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Fisher Library support) Organization: University Computing Service, Uni. of Sydney, Australia. Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au In article <391@goya.dit.upm.es> esink@turia.UUCP (Eric Wayne Sink) writes: >In spite of my fondness for the quote in my sig, I first want to say that >I take offense at the language of the original poster. IMHO, that sort >of posting is even more inappropriate than the stupid flame wars we are >arguing about. > >Second, I like the "x vs y" discussions. If everyone is relatively >well behaved and the arguments are intelligent, I find them interesting >and useful to the net. Obviously, this is not always the case, but I >don't see a lot of perfection around the net anyway. Articles concerning >emulation, relative value of different systems, and the like are IMHO, >appropriate. Each person is entitled to his opinion on whose computer >is better, but I think a touch of discretion in the expression of those >opinions would go a long way towards keeping the more "hot-headed" readers >from blowing their top. > >As someone else has said, if you don't like it... use your kill file. > > >Eric W. Sink "Are you sure this would >Departamento de Telematica not be time for a >Universidad Politecnica de Madrid colorful metaphor ?" >esink@turia.dit.upm.es - Spock What I can't really understand is, if some Amiga users are right and most mac users are wrong in choice of computer, why can't these Amiga users allow us that indulgence? Tempest in a tea cup???? If you want real computing power, take the Macintosh Way: Do all the digital stuff, but don't forget the analogue stuff afterwards...:) Sex, Lies and Megaflops. **** My employers ignore me, I'm on my own when I speak out in public **** Norton Chia || My address is carsup@extro.ucc.su.oz.au Micro Support || "When are they going to put in built-in spell-chequers" *******************************************************************************