HP Printers

[Jim Isbell]

Well, the reason I joined this list not the "more strict" version was 
that I thought such simple errors would not be commented on.  When You 
are as old as I am it is impossible not to make errors because DNA does 
not reproduce faithfully.  Its like making a Xerox of a Xerox, of a 
Xerox....etc.  This slow degradation leads to slow degradation of the 
individual and this leads to degradation of the product from that 
individual.  I am flawed and there is no cure.  Until it is possible to 
easily do otherwise, I will continue my current practice...BUT....I will 
be more careful in the future to make sure I corrected the address 
line.....#8-)

Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Jim Isbell may have mentioned these words:
>
>> OOps, I forgot to change the subject line on that last post.ead of " 
>> Atari Unix "  it should have been HP Printers.  So here it is again 
>> under the proper subject.  I was in too much of a hurry and used an 
>> old message to modify but failed to modify it completely.
>
>
> I'm not trying to sound like a list-nazi or anything, but you really 
> shouldn't do that. It totally whacks out 1) any email programs that 
> show messages in a threaded manner, and 2) the list archives. Your 
> "new, but not really" message will still show up as a thread 
> sub-message under the old heading, and makes the archives harder to 
> follow.
>
> On more militant lists, this behavio[u]r can (and has) gotten people 
> desubbed... This isn't just a "top-post vs. bottom-post vs. 
> middle-post" debate - it really is a generally bad thing to do, and 
> the "click reply, wipe everything" doesn't really save much time at 
> all, and is much more prone to oopses.
>
> Just my $0.0000000000000000000000002 (as that's what it's worth...),
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
> P.S. Yes, I was also threatened once to get desubbed because a few of 
> my randomized .sigs are 5 lines instead of 4. They didn't *care* that 
> one line was blank, and shouldn't count... :-/ The list charter said 
> "a .sig *should* be no more than 4 lines" and they were taking it as 
> gospel...
>
> -- 
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
> zmerch at 30below.com
>
> What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
> and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????
>
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