Why the hostility? [ was Re: [ale] Internet Access around Atlanta ]

[Vincent Fox]

This is the problem with email. It is easy to read hostility where none exists.

I would like to point out the message you are quoting below is one I sent to
you directly, not to the list. Ahem.

If you want to find out about the zillions of hotspots in town you could
also try atlantafreenet.org which is all about wireless in Atlanta.
You can thank me for digging up that info, or you could go on 
labelling me hostile using lots of words, as you wish.


On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 02:02:21AM -0400, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> People - frankly I'm kinda disappointed at some peoples' apparent quest for opportunities to criticize 
> and demur at questions posed to this list. I should think such behaviour would stay on the 
> newsgroups where people can spend hours doing this rather than performing the job their 
> employers pay them for. I guess when its easier to feel better about yourself by attacking others 
> rather than actually achieving your own accomplishments, one tends to prefer to presume the 
> author's naive and wrongful intention rather than actually read the full message and attempt to 
> understand the actual problem being addressed.
> 
> Don't get me wrong. I did appreciate the original link found on google as it also gave me an 
> opportunity to expound on my question, but the thread quickly jumped track and has turned into 
> something unworthly of this group. 
> 
> But since you asked... I will take this opportunity to amplify and clarify just what I mean:
> 
> 7/23/2004 5:15:29 PM, Vincent Fox <vf5 at plm.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> >And your post is appropriate to ALE how? Was there a Linux question in there?
> 
> Well it is the ATLANTA Linux Enthusiasts group. I'm asking about Atlanta and I happen to use 
> Linux quite enthusiastically. I hope you find that appropriate.
> 
> >Just as importantly you ask about hotspots but forget to
> >mention what parts of town you work/live in. WiFi is short
> >range so it doesn't make any sense me telling you what is
> >available in Home Park area.
> 
> Actually in my original posting I say the following: "...I can go pretty much anywhere." So I guess 
> your point was???
> 
> >My personal recommendation is SpeakEasy for DSL service.
> 
> Additionally in my original post I said: "I [...] am waiting for my dsl service to be reconnected." This 
> means I've already signed up. I just so happens I'm using SpeakEasy but I didn't request a 
> recommendation about that.
> 
> Then in your follow up message you suggest that "Everyone listing their favorite WiFi locations 
> could go on forever." I, for one, would find that greatly preferable to the significantly higher quantity 
> of traffic praising google as the final word on anything and berating those who don't find its results 
> completely satisfying. I suppose we should just shut down this mailing list and convert it to a live 
> google query engine? Alas, it doesn't quite deliver answers although it is a good start on the search.
> 
> So, thanks again to the kind people who actually read my message and replied to its content and 
> context. I trust that others may find those answers helpful as well.
> 
> 	best regards,
> 
> 		Ben Scherrey
> 
> 
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