Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:55:32 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: invalid AT erehwon DOT invalid (Graaagh the Mighty)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> 
> >It's hard to know how much you need to tell people; assume too little
> >knowledge on their part and you could inadvertently insult them.
> 
> If they are inadvertently insulted by such a thing, they need a
> thicker skin.

Or you need to think in advance about that, and adjust your tone
accordingly, even before they get a chance to be offended.  Since your
tone is under your control, while the thickness of their skins is not
under theirs, the conclusion is obvious.

> >True, but the topic was well discussed, and finding a specific topic
> >in those manuals shouldn't be too hard.  Intel is pretty good about
> >documenting their chips.
> 
> Then why are they so bad at marketing them? :-)
> (The very box I'm writing this on has an AMD chip in it.)

AMD has their own manuals to go in parallel with Intel's.  For
example, they have their own optimization guidelines manual on their
site, exactly like Intel has on theirs.

> >True, but that's the price you pay for easy access.  And DJGPP's
> >regulars are pretty mild tempered.  Most of our flame wars start with
> >cross-posts, so you get combinations of people used to different
> >"rules of conduct" and that's when the worst personality conflicts
> >happen.
> 
> Or is that "rules of engagement"?
> 
> The insidious case is the "slow-boil" flamewar, 3 of which seem to
> have been narrowly averted here of late.

And all of them in threads started by you and actively participated in
by you.  Isn't it strange?

> Someone posts something that
> seems vaguely insulting or demanding (I may actually be guilty of
> this, and Eli certainly is)

FYI: this is the first time someone accused me of being a flamer.
Perhaps that should tell you something important.

> It's a small group sampled with some bias from the general population,
> so there's bound to be the odd, somewhat large statistical deviation.

``Small'' my foot!  I read about 7 different groups, all dedicated to
actively maintained and highly popular packages, and this group is
responsible for more than 50% of the messages I read on any given day.

DJ has the numbers, but I think we get something like 100-odd messages
per day.