RE: [cobalt-users] Shopping carts - oscommerce [more useless and annoying OT]

["David J. Duffner" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan Kriwitsky
>Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 1:25 PM
>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Shopping carts - oscommerce [more OT]
>>
>> > Piss, moan. Everybody happy? Jeeez. I know everyone gets
>> > touchy with ad stuff,
>>
>> If you're tired of wanna-be list moderators, feel free to
>> join the cobaltfacts mailing list.  It's not quite as active
>> as this one, but we concentrate on sharing information, not
>> playing censor.
>>
>Someone pointed out this reply so I went to my deleted items where
>killfiled posters go. I found it quite ironic to see this person
>complaining about "wanna-be list moderators" after reading
>http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-December/0
>82345.html

	Interesting, I had to go back 4 posts to actually find
where this had any relevancy.  And then after reading what
Thom had to say, he was totally correct in the fact that the
poster could have simply noted they provide a solution - left
out the pricing - and asked for an offlist reply if interested.

	Nice try, but if this is going to turn into stone-throwing
AGAIN (too much of this in the last 2 months vs. useful content
in my book), at least point to a valid entry.

>http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-September/
>077328.html

	Here Thom snips the massive lines of drivel.  But yet
Dan's happy to point it out as a foul.  I had to jump back a
post to find out the original poster used ELEVEN (11) lines
as a sig, a major violation of the pseduo-FAQ for this Group.

	Where's the foul by Thom here?  Sheesh.

>And after complaining about others advertising on the list,
>or replying with a commercial mention in reply to a post:
>
>http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2003-February/0
>85916.html
>
>Probably one of the best examples of pot-kettle-black I have ever
seen.

	Funny, I didn't see the part where the hand was out asking
for money to use that List... Or wait, maybe we'll go to Sun's
non-existent pages for alternate forms of help like the site
quoted here?  Strangely, I can't even pull up the site today.
Maybe I have to pay to see it, thus it's commercial and in
violation.

>> --
>> [sig deleted so the wanna-be list moderator won't accuse me of
spamming]

	And there was a point to this too?

	There's been too much bashing and unflameworthy responses
like this around here the last few months.  I personally had a
situation that took me 45 days to resolve, not a single bit of
direct help here other than a really nice post telling me to go
search the Archives.  And, of course, when I did I find the 9
month old post that caused a good chunk of the problems to begin
with because it was then outdated.

	Meanwhile, we enjoyed hundreds of posts howling about top-
posting and sig files instead of trying to solve problems and
shore information.  My mistake, I thought that's what the List's
primary goal was, even if Sun's leaving everything in the dust
for us to pick up and salvage.

	Maybe it's time to look into bullet-ridden MS OS servers
so I can spent 50% more time patching security flaws...  That'
what they pay me the big bucks for, I suppose.

	Back to sanity time.

      David J. Duffner
      VP Operations
      http://www.nwcxpress.com


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