Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Best display/lightest weight ?? Message-ID: <1991Jan12.083056.28375@uwasa.fi> Date: 12 Jan 91 08:30:56 GMT References: Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 35 In article giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe) writes: > >Any recommendations on machines that rank high in portability and >readability? Try Sharp PC-6220. >p.s. Please E-mail any responses, as I won't get a chance to read >this group very often. An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq15.arc (available from uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives): 2. ***** Q: Why "(Please) reply by email, I don't usually read this group" (actually a demand rather than a question) gets flamed? A: This is basically an impolite way of formulating such a request. If one is interested enough to post to a group, one should also be prepared to follow up the group. Intended or not, the attitude this (email-I-don't-read) decree easily conveys is "I don't usually care for this wimpy group, but this time you are allowed to be of service to my exalted person". What you should do, if following the group is genuinely problematic for you (for cost or other reasons), is to offer to make a summary of the replies. The liturgy often used for this is "Please reply by email. If there is sufficient interest, I'll summarize". (This alternative is often advocated also because it is supposed to cut down the traffic). You might even state why following a group is problematic for you, but this is up to you. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun