>> Your mileage obviously varies, > In that case, I apologize for the rant. I'm of the school of thought > [snip] get in the way of sensibility and regard for others' time.
> But to your point, I probably derive my outlook from years on Usenet > groups [snip] just lighten up. :) This list is for fun, after all. Yeah, I think that the PDML, when it is at its best, is a "chummy", friendly list, with lots of "casual" questions, answers, and remarks. This is not to say that we encourage "trolls", but questions and comments that have not been well thought out have traditionally been generally accepted here on the PDML (along with our occasional well-thought-out posts - <g>). More specifically, >> You posted five questions in five minutes. Try saving them up for a >> half hour or so, and posting them all together. > I prefer Thibouille's method. As a reader I can skip subjects I don't > like. As a writer I can expect more and more focused answers. Like Kostas, "I [also] prefer Thibouille's method" - I ~much~ appreciate "focused" subject lines and "focused" threads (and, this is one PDML characteristic that is not one of our strong points - many of us are rather sloppy about using, and modifying when necessary, descriptive subject lines). So, welcome to the "chummy" PDML... Fred
