tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 28 22:34:20 2008
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Re: To the List Regiment
Dear Crunchy,
I thank you for your remarks, but I think some of them were a bit too
sober for the situation. I thought it was obvious I was joking in
Klingon character with my challenge to the Master, who obviously knows
more Klingon than me. It seems to me that the behavior of Klingons is
eminently susceptible to parody.
You are correct that I was unfamiliar with the concept of a "mailing list."
On that point there does seem to have been some genuine bad manners among
the reactions I have gotten.
Best wishes,
Christopher
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On Fri, September 26, 2008 8:12 pm, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Christopher Fulkerson, Ph.D. wrote:
>
>> To the List Regiment,
>>
>> Please let me understand how you work: am I correct to think that
>> every letter goes out to everybody, and that whomsoever wishes to
>> answer, does so?
>
> bIlugh. jabbI'ID ghom mIw DaDelchu'ta'. tIQ mIw.
>
> That is indeed how a mailing list works. It has been that way since
> the early days of the internet.
>
>> How many answers can one tolerate before the phenomenon is just spam?
>
> nuv puQchoHmoH jabbI'ID 'ar? pIm Hoch.
>
> Everyone has his or her own threshold.
>
>> Just because one knows where the spam is coming from, doesn't mean
>> it's
>> not spam.
>
> jIQochqu'. malja' jabbI'ID DapoQpu'be'bogh 'oH "spam"-'e'. 'oH
> DapoQta'chugh, "spam" 'oHbe'.
>
> I emphatically disagree. Spam is unsolicited [usually commercial]
> email. If you specifically requested it, it is not spam.
>
>
>> So, let me ask, in practice, how many answers does one get?
>> Apparently
>> not many?
>
> rut puS jangwI'pu'. rut law'. ghomvam tamey DalaD 'e' vIchup.
>
> Sometimes few, sometimes many. You can see the past activity of this
> group in the mailing list archives.
>
> /tlhIngan-Hol/
>
>> But let me point out, that if your effort becomes popular, you WILL
>> have a pretty bad problem to deal with.
>
> <QatchoH>? QattaH. bImuj neH.
>
> You seem unaccustomed to the concept of a mailing list. I assure you
> that a largish number of incoming emails isn't a "pretty bad problem"
> unless you are using an email client that lacks common features for
> helping you manage a busy inbox.
>
>> As to the Master of the Klingons, I will not be impressed unless
>> you can tell me where the plot of beloved Klingon Homeworld dirt is
>> located on this planet. Until then, brush up on your Shakespeare
>> - I do not accept your authority, and your claim is without honor.
>
> I believe you've misread Voragh's signature. He calls himself the
> "Ca'Non Master" -- a play on the term "canon" meaning the definitive
> works of an author. In this case, it refers to his demonstrated
> knowledge of and ability to provide quotes from and references to
> just about anything written about Klingon by Marc Okrand (and
> others). Note that he has *demonstrated* this, for more years than
> he might want to admit. You're new here, and you are certainly
> entitled to reserve judgement about anyone's "authority" -- but you
> should probably hold of on *challenging* authority until you have
> spent some time getting acquainted with the regular participants here.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
>
>