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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would now be a good time to (re)introduce a simple
idea/word?-- netiquette</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pronunciation: 'ne-ti-k&t, -"ket<BR>Function:
noun<BR>Etymology: netizen<BR>Date: 1988<BR>: etiquette governing communication
on the Internet </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gentlemen, do you realize comments such
as:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"It makes me chuckle when someone tells me they
have 1000+ processors and they turn out to be 4-5 years old."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I have no interest in getting into a dicksize
flamewar. All I wanted to do was make the pithy comment that SGI shouldn't call
it scalable if it only goes small."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Right. Whatever. I don't care what the rule
is. I do what I do, you do what<BR>you do..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments such as these are inflamatory (meant to
incite response), and while it would be interesting to watch this forum turn
into an episode of "Days of our Lives" (fittingly renamed, "The Size of Our
Ego's", or perhaps "The Size of our Clusters") Can we leave those comments out
of future posts and focus on "compare[ing] notes on this mailing list so we both
can learn".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>~~ Joe<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>