From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1b086d817c07397f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-27 10:54:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!usc.edu!newspeer.cts.com!galanthis.cts.com!127.0.0.1.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Sender: kst@king.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Followup-To: alt.dev.null Subject: Re: The incredibly slimy ethics of Robert Dewar References: <27af1a1d6acaba932a22347a707a1d25.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> From: Keith Thompson Date: 27 Apr 2002 10:54:37 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.68.192.180 X-Trace: 1019930077 nntp.cts.com 71867 209.68.192.180 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23174 Date: 2002-04-27T10:54:37-07:00 List-Id: Kent: I have read your article. My reading comprehension is just fine, as is that of most other people who have been replying to you. Yes, one should be careful about followups to cross-posted articles -- but if something is cross-posted inappropriately, it is IMHO mostly the fault of the person who originated the cross-posting. Not all newsreaders warn adequately about cross-posted followups. Most articles here in comp.lang.ada are not cross-posted. If you cross-post an article to two mostly unrelated newsgroups, even if your article is somehow appropriate to both, any followups almost certainly will be appropriate only to one or the other. You owe it to your readers to explicitly warn them about the cross-posting and encourage them to trim the newsgroups on any followups. You can blame other posters all you want -- after all, they *should* have checked the newsgroups header -- but their mistake is nearly inevitable, and *you* could have prevented it if you weren't distracted by your "decade long battle". If you really want to encourage people to follow the rules, you might find setting a good example more effective than your current strategy. Having read your e-mail correspondence with Robert Dewar, I conclude that he's right and you're wrong. Furthermore, your posting of that correspondence, ignoring any ethical issues involved in posting private e-mail, seems hypocritical. As you know, this newsgroup is called comp.lang.ada. It is for discussion of the Ada programming language, not the ethics of Robert Dewar. Arguably my own posting here is equally off-topic -- but then I'm not on "a decade long battle with the mindless maggots who think group charters don't apply to them". This article is posted only to comp.lang.ada. Followups are directed to alt.dev.null. If you really want to post a followup to comp.lang.ada, I'm sure you know how. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Schroedinger does Shakespeare: "To be *and* not to be"