Re: low level format on a lisa?

[Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Grammens wrote:

> Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote
> >
> > Having said that, Paul should have the good grace to not clutter up this
> > newsgroup with information that can be gotten at another newsgroup.
>
> <shrug>  It's no different from someone posting a rude "get lost, this is
> for Apple II's, not Macs" message.

I've seen very few of that sort of post, if any. And those are still much
shorter than give out Mac help.

>
>
> Some who
> > read these posts, esp. from outside the US have to pay for each minute
> that they
> > are online, and therefore have to download every post and wade through the
> mess
> > that others can just "ignore."
>
> Sheesh. Even 1200 bps can download a text message in a second or two.

Those who have raised that issue here on this newsgroup have pointed out that
they have to download ALL messages. Even at at DSL speed, that can be more than
a second or two. Further, many phone companies charge you for a full minute if
you only use a second. TransAtlantic calls can cost over a $1.00 a minute. Calls
to Australia or southern Africa can cost upwards of $3.00 a minute. Perhaps some
of the non North Americans could enlighten us as to what it costs them to read
this stuff.

> That's
> a laughable argument.  But there's a simple fix, just set your newsreader to
> block my posts.  I used to block you, in fact.  Haven't needed to do that
> since I upgraded my computer a while back. Hope it stays that way.

You are assuming that all newsreaders can do that. I don't know either way. I'm
a bit doubtful that the newsreaders on my ISP's shell can do that.
But, the main point is still the same. If people will be good citizens of the
`Net, then such need not be done. And being a good citizen means sticking to the
topic, and/or keeping the comments short.

Roy