Thread Hijacking (Was: Re: starting kde in cygwin 1.7)

[Thomas Olsen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DonDiego/Thread_hijacking

On Friday 18 June 2010 04:46:00 Refr Bruhl wrote:
> very simple...
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> Its starting a new thread.
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> if the subject is changed and the content is deleted then why would it be
> hijacking a thread?
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> That is an issue for the list mods as its something in the listserv
> software.
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> What I did is no differnt than opening up a new e-mail and entering the
> information.
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> The other email you alluided to is enclosed. I simply went to my sent
> folder and clicked forward. I didn't think it was off topic at the time
> since I hit this list by a cygwin page. My apologies for it being off
> topic however as you can see in the forwarding there is nothing to
> indicate its hijacking a thread or should be going to you.
> 
> The second forwarding shows the same thing.
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> So the question is how or why do you think I am hijacking your e0-mail
> threads? What evidence do you have for that?
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> If you have valid evidence of that then the list mods need to know so they
> can fix the software. Otherwise the drama needs to end.
> 
> Hope this helps
> -R
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Refr Bruhl
> <refr_bruhl at yahoo.com>
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 3:02:27 PM
> Subject: cygwin setup and passive ftp
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> is there a setting for the seup application to use passive ftp for remote
> hosts?
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> ----- Forwarded Message
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> From: Refr Bruhl <refr_bruhl at yahoo.com>
> To:
> kde at mail.kde.org
> Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 11:22:01 AM
> Subject:
> starting kde in cygwin 1.7
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> Ok I give...
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> Where is the startkde file for either
> copying to .xinitrc or starting kde desktop in cygwin 1.7 relaese?
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan at cox.net>
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Sent: Thu, June 17, 2010 9:12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [kde] starting kde in cygwin 1.7
> 
> Refr Bruhl posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:22:01 -0700 as excerpted:
> > Ok I give...
> > 
> > Where is the startkde file for either copying to .xinitrc or starting
> > kde desktop in cygwin 1.7 relaese?
> 
> OK, I give...
> 
> Why are you hijacking a thread about delaying kwin checking for special
> window settings?  Your post has nothing at all to do with that.  This is
> the second thread you've hijacked, replying to an existing thread and
> simply changing the subject, and in this case, it was my post you chose to
> reply to.  But your reply has nothing to do with my post!  Why are you
> then replying to me instead of starting a new thread?
> 
> (I'm not actually mad, just asking you to stop it as it's quite
> irritating, and copying your "OK, I give" was an interesting way to make
> the point.  See below for an explanation.)
> 
> On a decent threading client, changing the subject header does not change
> the thread, as such a client threads by the "In-reply-to:" header in mail,
> and using the references header in news.  Changing the subject does not
> change that header, so it's still a reply, no matter what the subject
> says.  To start a new thread, please use the new message function, not the
> reply function, in your client.
> 
> But to reply to your question, unfortunately, I don't think a lot of
> people do what you're doing with cygwin and kde (or cygwin and the ftp
> client, at least on this list, as that post was off topic for the list, as
> well).  If I had an answer, I'd give it to you, but I don't do
> proprietaryware (see the sig) including MS platforms, so cygwin isn't
> something I use.  Which is why I ignored the first post.  But this one was
> a reply to me, thus giving me a direct reason to reply back, asking you to
> stop the thread hijacks, even if I know nothing about the question you're
> asking and would otherwise avoid a thread on the subject -- but this
> thread wasn't /about/ cygwin, it was about kwin and special window
> settings!

-- 
Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

Thomas Olsen
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