On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Smitty wrote:
> > The well-placed flame can burn off weeds and leeches.
>
> And what does the flame directed at a newbie that is not
> well-placed result in?
The <smile> response is: Dunno -- never done that.
The lack of knowledge of mores of a culture has always been an
pbject of scorn from the 'insiders' of that culture. The
internet did not invent or perfect that. "When in Rome, do
as the Romans do ..." See, contra:
http://www.owlriver.com/humor/standards/
One point of
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
is to permit a newbie to avoid faux pas, and to 'lurk'
effectively BEFORE subjecting themselves to such a blast.
-- Russ Herrold
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