Yeah that was awesome Peter. Did you use Python by chance to reverse those lines of text? Personally top-down and non-trimming doesn't bother me, I relize that in-line posting is ideal but I believe the convo is more important than where the 0s and 1s are placed. Getting upset AND YELLING really doesn't help and just makes me want to top-post more and of course yell back. Though the best action instead of reacting is to just ignore and walk away (chill William everything is going to be ok, deep slow breaths). I think it's even worse when multi topics are merged into one post. If you trim totally without quoting it can be hard to know what it being replyed to. Be happy wlug mailing list is plain text (I'm looking at you ccanz grr) Cheers, William On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Eric Light <eric(a)ericlight.com> wrote:
That....... that was beautiful, Peter. *wipes away a single tear*
:-D
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6. Jul 2016 08:55 by fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz:
Cheers, Peter
happening on this mailing list. Either way, I like it when there are discussions
got better things to do. that, since it takes too much time and I really But, I've long given up correcting people on answer and not the other way round. Usually, you have the question followed by the absolutely counter-intuitive to read. on mailing lists really annoying, since it is Hence, I really find non-trimming and top-posting other way round. learned to read from top to bottom and not the I'm not sure about school here in NZ, but I
Hi Eric
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Eric Light <eric(a)ericlight.com> wrote:
Hi Ian,
So... What's the deal with the post trimming? I personally prefer posts not trimmed, in general... It helps me to be able flick down and see what the previous person was replying to.
I remember the old days when it mattered - download speed and crummy mail clients made trimming important. But that was decades ago, and we don't need to worry so much about clogging the intertubes now.
Personally, I do the vast majority of emailing from my phone, and accurately selecting the text to trim is frustrating, difficult, and time-consuming. As a result of that, I'm honestly likely to continue to flout the etiquette.
Since you're the only person I've personally encountered who strongly advocates trimming, can you tell me why it affects you so much? Hearing a real-life counterpoint might make me more likely to take the extra time to trim my replies. ;-)
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5. Jul 2016 23:25 by gnomician(a)gmail.com:
See also Linux Mint 18 in 32-bit version, and Bodhi complete with Enlightenment.
NOW WHAT ABOUT TRIMMING THOSE POSTS!!! OTHERWISE I MAY BE FORCED TO DIG OUT SOME ARCHAIC INTERNET ETIQUETTE FAQ AND POST IT IN FULL ALL IN CAPS.
Just joshing people. But puhleeze???!
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