[thelist] Re: Cranky Admins & Offlist Comments & Firetrace space...

[Nick Wilson]

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* and then Dayn Riegel @ NYAD, Inc. declared....
> First things first...
>
> Nick Wilson -- did you get your 1px question answered, resolved?
> If not, holler at me -- I've found a few CSS-driven workarounds from
> Zeldman that I've had to use recently. Not going to post it if you've
> gotten this matter solved, though. (don't want to waste time here...)

Yep, no worries. I knew the fix, I just thought it only applied to
images /within/ tables. Doh!

> Secondly, although in general I concur w/ djc on some issues I
> can and will say, at some risk, that his latest cranky rant was just
> as bad as some of the other off-color remarks and comments.

Well said. I didn't have your balls (am I allowed to say that?) I sent
mr djc a private note telling him pretty much what you've said here. I
found it a shamefull abuse of privelege.

Nick Wilson


Just in case you missed it.....

> .... djc's post ....
>
> I don't know why, but over the past week, there has been a blatant
> disregard about off-topic posting to this list.
>
> Including a TIP in your post doesn't make it OK for you to post
> offtopic. A TIP should only be used when you roam offtopic from an
> *ONTOPIC* thread, not for when you just want to post some sort of
> bullshit. Ok? Don't cheapen them.
>
> Second, if you're just posting to thelist to hear yourself talk, or
> because you think you've got some ultra-super point of view on a subject
> that everyone should hear, don't. Most of the time, people don't give a
> shit about you waxing poetic. If someone asks a question, it's not your
> place to go off on a tangent about how they're doing something wrong, or
> why you think what they're asking about is inaccessable/wrong/whatever.
> I've been guilty of it to in the last Flash thread, which is a good
> example. If you've just gotta get your opinion out there, write it up as
> an article and submit it to evolt's Commentary section.
>
> If you have a bone to pick with someone, flame them offlist.
>
> Don't *EVER* include religion/politics/abortion matters in a post to
> this list. No tip makes up for that. If you think you've got something
> to say, send it to thechat list http://lists.evolt.org/listinfo/thechat
> - NOT here. If I start seeing people including little religous barbs or
> similar behavior like Scott does below, I'll start holding posts from
> you, plain and simple. Ok?
>
> Read the archives before you post. http://lists.evolt.org/archive - this
> goes for old timers too. 3 years of web development talk is there for
> you to use, and chances are your question has already been answered.. Twice.
>
> This isn't a bulliten board. It's not IRC or an IM. It's a web
> development mailing list thats *damn* good. Do your part to keep it that
> way.
> .... end ....
>
> Have a nice day everyone -- hope to see you all again real soon!
>
> -_- D.
>
> P.S. Anybody reading down this far... I wonder if there is a way
> to get similar/like threads together so you don't have to scroll the
> entire list to find where posts are that pertain to similar topics,
> etc... Am I missing something?
>
>
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