This whole issue has detiorated into cheap personal attacks. I guess enough has been said by all, can we get on with our SI lives? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Cheng" <Chris.Cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <si_monkey2@xxxxxxxxx>; <vrbanacm@xxxxxxxxxx>; "si-list" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Proper use of the Si-List > I'm just an average engineer, no expert, guru or obe won. I couldn't care > less if you are a monkey or chimpanzee. But at least tell me what company > or > where you come from. People should be proud of themselves whether they > come > from Bannana Republic or People's Republic. > Don't be a girly man, don't hide in a hotmail or yahoo account and afraid > to > tell people your background. Expert or novice we all come here to learn > and > share. So tell me something about your background in this area and who do > you work for ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sitar Moniker [mailto:si_monkey2@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:50 AM > To: vrbanacm@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Proper use of the Si-List > > > This is a well balanced prescription covering several types. But, item 2. > discourages controversial questions/points. I hope this is your personal > opinion only and not reflect list opinion. My personal opinion is > controversy (discussion of differing viewpoints) promotes new ideas or at > least fix misconceptions. > > Thank you for taking time to explain human aspect of how askers are > perceived and answered. I agree that is the reality. > > Expertise of all experts can be fit into a bell curve. At the far end of > the curve, there will be very few experts who are not distracted by login > names. For them, si_diamond is no different from si_monkey. They > understand > implications of the question and what is on asker's mind. They have > integrated knowledge and answer to meet asker's viewpoint. They are gurus. > My quest is to find such guru. On this list or some other place. > > I appreciate all who contributed to both threads. I learnt much subject > and > protocols. My apologies if I hurt feelings in the process (incl this post) > without my knowledge. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu