[OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP))

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization	PointedEars Software (PES)
Date	2012-08-14 23:12 +0200
Subject	[OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP))
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Mark Lawrence wrote:

> On 14/08/2012 04:00, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:34:46 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>>> When did you seek my permission to call me by my forename?
>> Sheesh. It's 2012, not 1812. If you sign your posts with your full name,
>> you have to expect that people will call you "Mark" rather than "Mr
>> Lawrence" or "Lord High Mucky-Muck Grand Poohbar Lawrence" -- even if
>> they haven't been formally introduced.
>>
>> Mark, we're all human and the occasional snark is only to be expected,
>> but demanding that people ask permission to call you by your first name
>> in an informal forum like this crosses the line to total dickishness.
>> Chill out before you get yourself kill-filed into irrelevance.
> 
> For the record I was asked to use my full name rather than my user name
> on Python mailing lists. 

Apples and oranges.

Probably you were asked that so that your postings could be distinguished 
from that of the other potential Marks around here.  Some people, including 
me, also consider posting under real name a basic act of politeness and form 
towards the reader, equivalent of an introduction of oneself.  Important 
enouth that, if not showed, will reduce the probability for an answer 
(sometimes down to zero).  For the record shows that if one aspect of 
politeness is ignored, other aspects are usually ignored as well.  People 
tend to hide behind pseudo-anonymity; they tend to write impolite things 
*intentionally* which they would not do if their real name was known and so 
their reputation IRL would be at stake.

Here endeth the lesson ;-)

-- 
PointedEars

Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

Thread

How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 03:18 -0700
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-13 10:52 +0000
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-13 21:45 +1000
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-13 13:40 +0100
    Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 16:00 -0700
      Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 09:52 +1000
      Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-14 01:34 +0100
        Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 03:00 +0000
          Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-14 12:38 +0100
            Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 12:44 +0000
              Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-15 13:31 +1000
                Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:43 +1000
            [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-14 23:12 +0200
              Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 07:46 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 23:55 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 11:44 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-15 03:43 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:07 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-15 04:06 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:16 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-15 13:54 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:18 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-15 13:56 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:10 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 13:59 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2012-08-15 22:01 -0700
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-16 20:45 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-17 01:07 -0400
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Alex Strickland <sscc@mweb.co.za> - 2012-08-16 23:01 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 01:28 -0600
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 17:41 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-15 09:37 +0000
              Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-14 18:16 -0400
        [OT] A short Usenet primer (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-14 22:47 +0200
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) PythonAB <python@rgbaz.eu> - 2012-08-13 15:42 +0200
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 07:03 -0700
    Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 16:07 -0700

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