From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jk2cv-0003tH-GV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:40:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAAF1E0740; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E50EE0740 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vscan.iway.na (vscan.iway.na [196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C14B65AA for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:58 +0100 (WAT) Received: from mx1.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A4A809EB for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:59 +0100 (WAT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (ADSL-41-205-132-64.ipb.na [41.205.132.64]) by mx1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6F05B9D for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:39:58 +0100 (WAT) From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VQF deprecated? Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:39:54 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <47FE6D84.70701@o2.pl> In-Reply-To: <47FE6D84.70701@o2.pl> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804102039.56762.uwix@iway.na> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ff7407e5-95dd-4700-98f4-66bbd3b89092 X-Archives-Hash: e8d671231225a7af84215dcca68fce14 On Thursday 10 April 2008, Mateusz A. Mierzwi=F1ski wrote: Multiple parse errors. :-( Didn't get at all what you were trying to say. Please don't get me wrong. I know your mother tongue isn't English,=20 neither is mine. You have got one thing to keep in mind: If your=20 command of the language you are writing in isn't top notch you better=20 adhere to a couple of rules: - Phrase things as simply as possible. Avoid complicated sentences. - Don't be sarcastic. Sarcasm gets lost and so does the *content* of=20 your post. - Don't try to be funny. It doesn't come across if you don't know how=20 to be funny in a foreign language. - Be as straight forward as possible. Even if you sound rude (people=20 will give you credit for expressing yourself in a language you=20 haven't grown up with), that's far better than sounding gibberish. Native speakers on this lists can try to be funny/ironic/sarcastic.=20 People like you and I better use simple English. I am *not* saying you can't express yourself. You most probably can in=20 Polish.=20 Couldn't resist to rant a wee bit here. So for balacing it off: Peace,=20 love, sunshine, good beer and single malt! Uwe --=20 Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list