Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dr J R Stockton Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: FAQ Problems, DHTML Kitchen Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:32:44 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 27 Message-ID: <8F356nIch2MSFwUt@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> References: <36617530-5742-4755-999d-3e61695d5510@googlegroups.com> <2630b237-bffd-4a98-9fde-3070ddcdb2d2@googlegroups.com> <1513058.a4hMC53v5T@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="01da9e6251d9b3ee47bb70bebae42d53"; logging-data="1748"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19IQAvUeDt5kG7Q2fnwmyXn+qneB33l6oY=" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.05-S () Cancel-Lock: sha1:R6pl96xRUx61YSAjvcy9FLr+Hmo= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:21332 In comp.lang.javascript message <1513058.a4hMC53v5T@PointedEars.de>, Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:05:27, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn posted: >dhtml wrote: > >> Lahn wanted it but there was not consensus. I tried to recruit a few folks >> who wouldn't take it. ANd so nobody took it. > >Apparently you are unaware that in English (and Western civilization in >general) it is considered impolite to refer to a person by their standalone >surname. Pinhead, it is naive of you to presume that anyone would wish to be polite to you, since you are so frequently extremely rude, albeit without common vulgarity, to others. In any case, we commonly refer to Germans by their unadorned surnames : Haendel, Bach, Hegel, Marx, Pachelbel, Wagner, Goebbels, Duerer, Adenauer, Bismarck, Doenitz, Bunsen, Diesel, Einstein, Planck, Luther, Clausewitz, Rommel, Gutenberg, ... -- (c) John Stockton, nr London UK. ???@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. Check boilerplate spelling -- error is a public sign of incompetence. Never fully trust an article from a poster who gives no full real name.