Xref: utzoo talk.bizarre:70710 news.admin:15162 comp.admin.policy:413 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!metapro!bernie From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,news.admin,comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: newbies unite! Message-ID: <1991Jun12.012838.25599@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: 12 Jun 91 01:28:38 GMT References: <9327@buster2.Michigan.COM> <8003@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <9331@buster2.Michigan.COM> <1991Jun10.221745.21108@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 33 In <1991Jun10.221745.21108@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >I've always been a popular kill file entry; too >many people in the world can't abide strong opinions >or clearly stated truths; I won't much miss the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ More of the latter than the former. It's like a slap in the face with a wet fish to many. >dial-ups at DDMI, but wonder whether they need a few >folks like me just to keep management honest. >I, myself, don't use kill files as kill files, though >for a few low value, high noise groups, I do use them >to select what I read by keyword, and ignore the rest; >stands me in good stead. I manage to survive reading >postings that disagree with me, and often learn from >them, sometimes nothing more than humility. Too bad ^^^^^^^^ Eh? You apparently under-value humility. Rather an ounce of humility than an ounce of gold. (Sorry, it doesn't quite sound right in metric :-)) >Palmer is so intent on maintaining his errors that he >can't similarly abide criticism, but weak is as weak >does. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include Metapro Systems, / sold \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au