__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:31 \__
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> Peter Kai Jensen <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>>>>> I don't insult you because you have a BSc : I laugh at you because
>>>>> you choose to show it off in your .signature
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>>>> Well, he actually has the degree, unlike your nonexistent affiliation
>>>> with CERN. I really do not see why you laugh at him for displaying
>>>> it in his signature. That's like laughing at someone putting his
>>>> title on his business card, and that *would* be rather stupid,
>>>> wouldn't it?
>>>
>>> Please tell me you dont equate the two?
>>
>> I see no reason not to. Some of us choose not to hide behind the cloak
>> of Internet anonymity, so why not have our signature actually (*shock*
>> *horror*) tell people something about the person?
>>
>>>>> - a very, very unusual and "bad form" thing to do IMO.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Because a lot of posters have them.
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>> What a stupid argument. Did you consider that it might be a standard
>> signature used all over Usenet? Even if not, how is the commonness of a
>> title any reason not to display it in the signature?
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>>> And it is blatant showing off.
>>
>> Would it not be more "showing off", if the title was very uncommon?
>> Looks to me like you're just jealous of someone who actually has what it
>> takes to complete formal engineering education. Unless you're a lot
>> more competent than your posts here indicate, you would barely pass.
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> I think that this point probably is getting to the bottom of things.
> Probably there's a view at Microsoft Central that if posters are
> displaying some professional qualifications, then it will add to their
> credibility.
>
> Let's try it out, and see if there's an improvement in quality of flames:
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> Mark Kent
> Postgrad CertMngmt (Open University)
> BSc(Hons) Electronics with Physics
> MIET
As a short reminder, HQ once added CERN to his headers, despite having no
connection with them.
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