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Guys, guys... I'm away for some two weeks on my honeymoon in Italy
(beautiful country, really) and we're getting hostile already. Can't I leave
you alone for that long? :)

From: "jondl_2000" <jondl_2000@...>

> It's typically NOT a good idea to alienate the list membership and list
> moderators before you've even introduced yourself - let alone
> contributed something more useful than a juvenile attempt at sarcasm.

The problem with communication over the internet is that you only get the
10% content of what you'd have with face to face conversation, which
consists of 60% body language, 30% intonation and only 10% the actual
wording. So careful wording is very important, as is knowing what and what
not to send. It has taken me ten years so far, and I won't claim not to
still make mistakes.

As for the "the moderator is gonna have your ass" bits I read in this and
other mails, my personal opinion is that a community is pretty capable of
regulating itself, and that the only *really* unacceptable behaviour is
personal insults (like if I would call Jon a wanker, or something, which of
course I wouldn't dream of :) ).

- Peter