i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > i18n@... wrote:
> >
> > > Still, not everyone is familiar with the term "client-server" regardless
> > > of experience. If you are interested in the history of the term, (a fair
> > > question). there are better sources then here to find that answer.
> >
> > Have you really no concept of courtesy? If you know the answer, then
> > give it. If you don't, don't lecture.
>
> Don't lecture. That is hilarious coming from you. I gave you the answer
> - look it up and find the variety of opinions on the matter. There is no
> one answer. Use your own judgment. Don't be stubborn and refuse to use a
> search engine just because the suggestion to do so came from me :)
>
> >
> > Just as when off-topic questions like possessive markers come up, and I
> > know the answer, I provide it and don't lecture.
>
> You did plenty of lecturing when I actually took your advice to look up
> your citation, and your conclusions proved to be incomplete at best and
> inaccurate at worst. I choose to think incomplete because I am an
> optimist :)

My answer was correct. The CMS rule, which is generally taken as the US
standard, is as I said.

> Just go look up stuff in google and come to your own conclusion. I am
> not about to take time to educate you on the history of computer terms
> up to "client server" unless you are paying me.
>
> >
> > I found google useful for, for instance, finding pictures of Loos's
> > Villa Müller, or where to buy a book-light.
> >
> > It is not a lexicon.
>
> Of course it is not a lexicon, it is a search engine - although there is
> a built in dictionary link on most search result pages.
>
> You seriously think you can't find the answer to "what is an email
> client" or the history of the term "client-server" by searching on
> google? Or that you are going to get a more complete answer from me or
> anyone else then you will find there? Maybe you do, but it would sure
> help us bridge the gap of working assumptions about each other for me to
> know that about you. If you are brave enough to try it, you will find
> that there is more information at your fingertips then you imagine!
>
> I can assure you that I feel google is far more likely to provide a more
> comprehensive discussion of the matter then I could off the top of my
> head. How about you? Do you think I could do better then google in this
> case? That would be flattering but unlikely I think.

At least we now know that you are not now and have never been a teacher.

> > Your condescension becomes appalling.
>
> And that would be easier to take if the pot wasn't calling the kettle
> black. You know full well you are wasting everyone's time by not even
> trying and reporting back on your search engine research efforts.
>
> If you tried it and still don't understand, that is one thing, but to
> send message after message insulting me when I have given you superb
> advice on how to find the answers to the questions, makes me believe you
> have another agenda in mind.
>
> And everyone else believes that too, because I am sure everyone else on
> this list goes to google or another search engine first and foremost
> many times a day and knows what I am saying is both fair and correct.
>
> BTW, if you find me that appalling you will stop responding, because my
> earlier advice to just filter messages from me using your email client
> still stands. If you can bear to actually accept that one tip from me,
> it would be the last thing you have to hear directly from me on this list.

Netscape 3.04 does not have a killfile. Why don't you know that? Or are
you going to claim you have no way of knowing that I use Netscape 3.04
-- when people routinely discover such information from message headers?

> I know, what a quandary! Whatever will you do? Keep rejecting good solid
> information from me and whine about me, or accept my solid advice in
> these two matters and become a better netizen for having accepted it?
>
> I won't speculate on the answer, only await the results.

I could take your presence on this List a lot more seriously if you gave
some evidence of interest in or knowledge of writing systems.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...