Re: [ProgSoc] Re: Email convention

[Justin Warren <daedalus@nospam.eigenmagic.com>]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:54:18AM +1000, Christian Kent wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Justin Warren wrote:
> 
> > Is it just me or do we have an inordinate number of newbies this year?
> > I have no issue with people requiring education as to how the net works,
> > but this luserish behaviour is uncalled for. This is supposed to be 
> > ProgSoc, not AOL.
> 
> It seems to me the newbies are more newbie these days, and there's no
> going back where this is concerned.  The first-years in general are wary
> of having four or five accounts in the first few weeks at UTS.  I remember
> when my friends found it amusing to have so many in first year.

Nah. It's been the same since before the endless September. Newbies are
newbies, lusers are lusers, BOFHs are BOFHs. It is the way of things.

> But don't punish ignorance, just stupidity.

But make sure you do it properly.

-- 
"Dammit, now you've turned my focus to my feet. Stop doing that."
    -- Simo Tuominen in a.s.r

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