Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!zephyr!werner From: werner@zephyr.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Call For Discussion: comp.sys.mac reorganization Summary: who is the alienated mega-nerd with the twisted social behavior? Message-ID: <3483@zephyr.sw.mcc.com> Date: 21 Feb 90 09:36:49 GMT References: <38768@apple.Apple.COM> <3996@hub.UUCP> <38783@apple.Apple.COM> <10377@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: werner@zephyr.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) Organization: MCC, Austin, Texas Lines: 37 In article <10377@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes: >This is a highly silly idea. People on the network are not fastidious; >they are, in fact, downright sloppy. The divisions between the >newsgroups would not be respected, since people simply blather on about >whatever suits their fancy in any newsgroup which seems marginally related ...etc.etc... the first part of Tim's article might be construed as a contribution to the discussion, even though a rather "silly" one if one thinks through that he implies that "less groups are better because then people do not complain about articles posted to the wrong group" (so why do we have the many groups we have in the first place?!!) in a way this an insult to most everyone on the net which get classified as stupid fools all out to make Tim's life miserable .. ...but then Tim gets personal and insults Chuq directly (and I actually had thought you had grown up some over the last 5 years, Tim, and would have expected better from you) >The proposal shows a naivete about network sociology which would be >surprising in a person with a decade's experience on the net; but it is >not surprising, considering that it comes from an alienated mega-nerd >with absolutely no perception of social reality. >Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com I would have ignored the article and let it stand (and sink) on its own foolishness, but I simply don't think one should let this kind of public attack (on anyone) go by without some kind of protest - do your insulting in private email, Tim, it would do both your image and the quality of your articles a whale of good. -- --------------------------> please send REPLIES to <------------------------ INTERNET: werner@cs.utexas.edu or: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Internet # 128.83.144.1) UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!werner