<OT> <TID> Re: Noteworthy News Item

[Matthew Carpenter]

Cranky cranky.

Llama, I like to respect your opinions, even if I don't share them.  You
might attempt to do the same.
I dare say that a 6.5k message (which is what Michael sent to me off-list)
is not going to break your email account, seeing as it is only slightly
larger than the average message on this list, many of which are OT as
well.  I understand your principle of not receiving unnecessary email, as
I adhere to its cousin:  Any email asking to be forwarded doesn't get
forwarded.

Great, the NYT is a reputable company, blah, blah, blah.  I demanded
nothing, but kindly requested that the important info be sent around.  If
an article is worth posting to a Linux list and it's contents make up only
twice the space as the URL email, it's not that much to ask.
What have they been putting in your Wheaties lately?  Don't get so cranky.
 Life's too short.

Matt

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:29:29 -0400 (EDT)
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> For starters, this message is 4.5k right now.  But that's really
> irrelevant.  The point is that all of the list members shouldn't have to
> be impacted by 1 person's personal preferences.
> 
> Registering to the NYT website is not subscribing to a service.  Its
> registering for access to one of the world's great newspapers, which
> they are providing for free, with the assumption that they can recoup
> their online expenses, and possible lost revenue of the hard copy with
> promises to advertisers on how many registered users they will attract.
> 
> Remember the .com implosion?  It happened, in part, because companies
> never bothered to think about how they would become profitable *before*
> their funding ran out.  Sure, the NYT is not a typical .com by any
> means, but they still have bills to pay.  If providing them with just
> your email address (as everything else you provide can be false) is too
> much of an incumberance for you, then don't read it.  Demanding that
> several hundred others get it gratis certainly isn't fair to the other
> list members or the NYT.
> 
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > If your inbox is full from a 6kb article, then you need more hard
> > drive space.  This email I'm responding to is almost that long.  If
> > you take issue with the idea that someone is sick of subscribing to
> > services they will never use again, please switch off.
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:12:51 -0400 (EDT)
> > "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Please don't.  I don't need to have my INBOX filled with an article
> > > that*anyone* can read online if they're willing to spend 10 seconds
> > > subscribing to the NYT website.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can you post it?  I am about subscribed out.  I get so much
> > > > junk-email that I'm taking a break from "registering" from
> > > > anything superfluous.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 05:01:56 -0400
> > > > "Michael Scottaline" <nbhs2 at i-2000.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >From "America's Paper of Record" ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/technology/18LINU.html?todaysheadlines
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > > --
> > > > > "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let
> > > > > that fool you....., he really is an idiot."
> > > > >
> > > > > -Groucho Marx
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