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

[Daniel J. Cody]

balls or not, trim your posts please.

Nick Wilson wrote:
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> * and then Dayn Riegel @ NYAD, Inc. declared....
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>>First things first...
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>>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...)
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> Yep, no worries. I knew the fix, I just thought it only applied to
> images /within/ tables. Doh!
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>>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.
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> 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.
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> Nick Wilson
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> Just in case you missed it.....
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>>.... djc's post ....
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>>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 ....
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>>Have a nice day everyone -- hope to see you all again real soon!
>>
>>-_- D.
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>>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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