On Oct 31, 7:27 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 31 October 2007 20:04 : \____
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> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Tim Smith
> > <reply_in_gr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:58:16 -0500
> > <reply_in_group-460083.13581631102...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> In article <28qmv4-ht4....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > [Tim Smith wrote]
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> >>> > Maybe you should consider posting a few *quality* posts
> >>> > a week, instead of trying to spam as much as you can.
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> >>> Maybe, but then I have a question for you: who determines
> >>> what is a quality post?
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> >>> [a] Roy Schestowitz?
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> >>> [b] An impartial group of neutral observers? (Good luck
> >>> finding one, at this point.)
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> >>> [c] A self-selected group of COLA lurkers?
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> >>> [d] Denizens of alt.flame, alt.os.windows, alt.24hrsupport,
> >>> or alt.2600, to which COLA messages are occasionally
> >>> cross-posted?
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> >>> [e] Microsoft?
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> >> Generally, pretty much all of those proposed arbiters would find that
> >> posts that are proofread and checked by the poster would tend to be
> >> higher quality.
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> > You can speak for all of them, then? :-P Still,
> > self-proofreading is an important first step for many
> > writing assignments -- software code and posts among them.
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> > Unfortunately, that doesn't quite answer my question,
> > since while you've established [a] as a *necessary*
> > condition for quality posting, you've not yet indicated
> > whether you deem it *sufficient*.
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> > (For example, it is necessary that a car have fuel in
> > order to go somewhere, but not sufficient; one must also
> > have air, a roadway, a proper ignition key, and in some
> > cases money and gas stations to refuel along the way,
> > depending on distance. Depending on level of detail
> > and circumstances, one can also add "working battery",
> > "working fuel system", "working electrical system",
> > "properly inflated tires", "properly adjusted headlamps",
> > "debris-free roadway", "good weather", "proper licensing",
> > etc.)
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> I proofread properly and rewrite bits if I write papers or articles. These
> are /discussions/. It's like instant messaging. We exchange knowledge, which
> we can later apply when we write technical things that are more accurate.
> Let's not pretend that c.o.l.a. produces ~10,000 high-quality 'articles' per
> month. It's about exchange of information, a discussion...
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Let's not pretend c.o.l.a. produces ~10000 articles a month at all. A
vast majority come from a single person. If that single person would
post quality posts, one would assume the quality of c.o.l.a. would go
up.
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