X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,aaba0d0b6dc1b0b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-31 02:19:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!h180n1fls34o1115.telia.COM!not-for-mail From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Stuff Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 09:31:52 +0000 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3ED87688.1D733C11@hotbrev.com> References: <1103_1053199699@news.kolumbus.fi> <3ec7046b$0$3540$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <1105_1053360226@news.kolumbus.fi> <3ED7994D.31F94B1F@hotbrev.com> <1fvti8s.1tchplr163caaqN%mic@dataweb.nl> <3ED8680D.4E4E9FC3@hotbrev.com> <1fvtk0u.1geivbv1aea73zN%mic@dataweb.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: h180n1fls34o1115.telia.com (213.67.71.180) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1054372773 7240110 213.67.71.180 (16 [58193]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.22-6.2.3 i586) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:23376 Mic Barendsz wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Mic Barendsz wrote: Hang on! You're Mic! Or mic! Or miK! (?) THE Mic! Welcome back! :-) > > > Yes, Please! > > > More mud-wrestling... > > > > Sorry about that. I just *had to*! > > Haven't been here for ages. And the UseNet in general, for that matter. > But Laura's complaint about 'stricktness' about Netiquette struck me. Is netiquette "strict"? This is no different than people complaining about mobile phones. There is a discussion. Some say it's rude to have one's phone on in a restaurant or on a bus, others say one should be allowed to have them everywhere. Eventually conventions emerge from the discussion. In the case of top-posting that has already happened, years ago. Some newbies want to re-open that discussion. > It's the same in the nl.* groups. Regulars complaining about the lack > of newcomers, and on the other hand scaring them of with rules and > rules and rules... Because people want to communicate with grown-ups who already know the rules, not screaming babies who refuse to even consider that the rules might actually make sense. -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ ####-[.]\ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd /[.]-\\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _)} == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T # ||\