*L* bloddy 'ell you lot - i get busy for 48hrs and look what happens.
Its a mighty nice think that stringer is doing to even host the material
it is. havent used his services but it is nice of him to host it. we shouldnt forget that. but i dont think thats whats being debated. at least it shouldnt be.
around and I don't see much "new" KLF information out there, a remix here
thats cos the klf doesnt do a whole lot these days ;-)
and there but access to the materials already out there in such an open area like a semi-public ftp is a blessing and should be appreciated as
i cant remember when i joined this list but theres been at least three 'big ftp sites' that i can recall come and go. its the nature of the net. things gets created, grow, reach critical mass and go boom (usually). then it starts again. <more detail> i guess i'm a bit blase about his site cos a) i've never used it, and b) i did use the sites i refered to above. as such, anything from rmstringer with ftp in the title, i read last, when i have time, if i have time. its not personal. any other subject line from rmstringer, i read with the rest of the list, its just the ftp stuff i leave. </more detail>
such. Sorry for the inflamatory nature of this email but enough is enough.
bah - this stuff happens. it'll be ftp one week, html email the next, kompetitions and etrains the next. we havent even had any threats to unsub yet.
the thought of making an announce list for ftp information concerning an ftp that is to a high degree "on-topic" for this list is just downright silly.
it is. the answer already exists, and has been used by mailing lists since the beginning of mailing lists.... <all old list users can skip this bit> <all old geeks can skip it too> <any one who used fidonet can skip> <puts on his old bastard hat> why you youngsters refuse to use (or learn?) standard list netiquette i dont know.... in my day mutter mutter before i got up mutter mutter and then mutter mutter.... preface your subject lines. just like the list daemon inserts [KLF] you too can preface the subject so people can see at a glance what the post is about. those with limited bandwidth can then make a better guess at whether they should use any of their bandwidth reading your post. standard accepted prefaces are [FTP] [ANNOUNCE] [INFO] [OFFTOPIC] [OT] [WHINGE] feel free to use others, just enclose in square brackets. since we're here, some other rules that nobody taught the latecomers... do reply inline do not post in html do snip replies so that unnecessary stuff is removed DO SNIP LIST FOOTERS - we do not need to see how to unsubcribe 4 times!!! do keep sigs to 4 lines. 6 if you really must. and in case you missed it - dont post in html :) back to the regularly scheduled email..
It the posts bother you that much, filter rmstringer to your trash box,
i, for one, dont mind the posts. what i do mind is the constant abuse of list netiquette (by just about everyone)[1]. i only bitch about it when it gets really bad or an oppurtunity presents itself :) but seriously, if the posts were headed with a prefix as above, i would be incredably happy, and i suspect others would be nearly as happy too. those who are bothered can then create mail rules and filter them away. for the record, i wouldnt use rules on the ftp posts, but i rarely read them anyway. rmstringer - you do post an awful lot of ftp messages. i'm guessing thomas was fed up with seeing so many and replied to the list. i'm too lazy to go count how many this week but you gotta admit its certainly regular. just preface it and keep everyone happy? just for the record again, whilst i get busy and am useless at getting physical stuff done (and then the mail loses stuff but that's another story :( - if anyone comes to Melbourne and presents me with either a big hdd or a lot of blank cdrs, they're welcome to everything i've got. i've copied the entire lot before, and if requested i'll do it again. we're sposed to be fans for $Deity's sake - share the music. going back to work brendan 1 - what i've learnt is that it doesn't matter what ppl agree to do, we then get a sudden influx of new people who don't know what to do, and it starts all over again :(