XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-04 07:31, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > News wrote:   
   >>>> I wrote this to Chris on the Windows newsgroup just now, but...   
   >>> ...you just needed to see yourself yapping some more?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> PKB   
   >   
   > I must thank "News" for posting that "PKB" for two reasons, one of which is   
   > that I didn't know what it meant so I looked it up to be edified as I read   
   > every post on this newsgroup except those from Alan, Joerg, Snit, et al.   
   >   
   > PKB = "Pot Calling the Kettle Black"   
   >        It's a shorthand way of saying someone is accusing another   
   person of   
   >        something they themselves are guilty of. Basically: hypocrisy   
   alert.   
   >   
   >        Example:   
   >        If someone who's always late complains that you are late,   
   > someone might say, "PKB".   
   >   
   > In keeping with being extremely nice while still being very technical so   
   > that I help as many people on this newsgroup as possible (and they help me   
   > in turn), I think we can all get along well if we simply avoid the kinds of   
   > personal attacks that occur when people don't like the facts as presented.   
   >   
   > I, for one, am striving to redirect all personal insults against me toward   
   > the technical aspect of Apple software, which is why I've written about a   
   > dozen threads to get us all to the technical depth that we need to be.   
   >   
   > Some people are on Usenet for their amusement. I'm not here fore that.   
   >   
   > I used to have 3 goals here, but now I only have only 2 goals:   
   > 1. To learn more by discussing how Apple products really work.   
   > 2. And to teach/disseminate that knowledge so that everyone learns it.   
   >   
   > Please keep me to those goals for the entire year, as I will no longer   
   > respond to the insults incessantly hurled as that detracts from the focus.   
      
   And the point of this post beyond self-aggrandizement was...   
      
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