Re: What's Scanning?

[Dennis Wolverton <dwolverton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently subscribed and must say it's a hell of a list you folks have.

My first exposure was some elitist "pro" slamming a newbie for asking a
basic question about preparing scans for an ad.  Obviously your Rule 8
(No questions are too basic...) is meaningless.  Furthermore, Rule 5 (Be
patient and polite...) is also just so much rubbish, right?

Now, for a wearisome period, posting members have become obsessed with
VAT, socialized medicine and global warming, all seasoned with large
portions of anti-Bush and anti-American sentiment.  While Rule 1 says,
"The subject of all posts should be related to scanning," it too must be
an impotent dictum.

At first I thought that because I was new I must be confused about the
list's purpose, so I reviewed the "general information" mailing that I
received.   Astonishingly it says that appropriate topics include:
hardware, software, color, storage, images and printing.

Since I've only been in the profession since 1970, and have obviously
missed something, I have a question for the list's "experienced pros."
What the hell does global warming, socialized medicine, et al, have to
do with anything on the "appropriate topics" list?




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