On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 05:05 PM, (PCI PowerMacs) wrote: > Please can someone explain to the ignorant (me!) what is 'flaming'????
Generally it is used in usenet and involves heaping abuse upon the ignorant. You are suppose to read the FAQ and get up to speed on the topic and content of the news group before you post. And if you do not and breach some matter of netiquette you are ridiculed to no end. More generally it just refers to the heaping of abuse upon someone. The first known mention of "flaming" in this type of context occurs in Chaucer's "Troilus and Cressida". Cressida laments her inability to grasp a mathematical theorem and her Uncle Pandarus observes that it is called "the fleminge of wrecches" meaning in the context of the story "that which puts wretches to flight" of course using a more usenet compatible prose one ends up with "flaming of the wretches". In any event the purpose it to let you know that you (or at least your topic or point of view) are not wanted. Knowing this and having a dollar will get you a soda in many parts of the USA. bill -- \/\/i||i@^^ ()\/e -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
