Sure you are absolutely right! But if you could have asked me i would
have helped you too.
But: I wouldn't have asked.
I dont think so. It is more obvious that he will ask real speciallists
next time on appropriate ng.
That person isn't the problem so much as the next person who comes along
and sees that in this newsgroup, completely off-topic questions are
answered. Or even worse, they do a text search for keywords involved in
off-topic questions (like "why doesn't my email work") and find this
newsgroup. The previously-answered questions just encourage more
questions of the same nature.
And don't say that saying in your answer the question is off-topic will
offset the answer itself. Most people don't work that way. If they find
a newsgroup where it appears their question will be answered, they stop
looking for alternatives.
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I find it amusing that you're still on your "real name" kick.
Its not a Kick,
Sure it is. What else would you call it? A crusade?
i come from german NGs and Forums
and it is common to use your real name there and to be frank
i like to know who is at the other end,...thats how i see this.
So what?
I obviously don't disagree that using real names is nice. And the
convention is certainly not unique to "german NGs and Forums". But it's a
waste of time to tell others to do so. What you like is irrelevant most
of the time, and usually someone not using a real name made a conscious
decision not to.
Does it bother me that you tell people to use their real names? No, not
at all. I just find it funny, in a sort of "observing individual
personality traits" way, that you spend your time trying.
There's nothing on those web sites that confirm that the person writing
the posts to which I've replied is in fact the person identified by that
particular name.
There are a lot of links, resources and code in the www of me.
And i dont see any reason NOT to use my real name, its an
question of attitude! I dont ask you to prove me that you really
are Peter Duniho,...i just believe that it is your (real) name!
But you believe that because most people posting using what appear to be
real names are in fact doing so. It's the very fact that the convention
is so frequently followed that someone choosing to use a
false-but-apparently-real name could so easily get away with it. Who
would question them? I mean, look at your own reply...I've given you
absolutely no reason to believe that "Peter Duniho" is my real name, and
yet you do believe it implicitly.
Anyway...
You can keep trying to convert folks. I just hope you don't expect it to
change anything. In any case, I guess I should stop now, since not only
did this thread start out off-topic, we've done nothing to help that
situation.
Pete
