Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-22 Thread Doug Lee
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 06:50:04PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Wojciech Puchar wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote: Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-22 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:52:34PM -0500, Doug Lee wrote: I don't either, but I will provide a different data point: Blind listers, myself included, must generally read through posts sequentially, as it is usually trickier to skip reliably through quotes to the new material when using

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-19 Thread GESBBB
From: Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au [snip]   Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of top-posting, including tail-quoting all sorts irrelevant and repeated trailers etc, after years of your (almost

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
5) The use of HTML mail in a mail forum is absurd; however, it is commonly done (GMail). this is a problem - as GMail and similar things itself. 6) One of my 'Pet Peeves: Morons who change a thread's subject rather than start a new one. was me sometimes by accident, but i do care now not

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-19 Thread Mel
On Thursday 19 February 2009 05:06:15 GESBBB wrote: 4) The insertion of legally unenforceable disclaimers, etc. is another big waste of space. And not always under the control of sender, through the creative use of outgoing mailfilters. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they

Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-18 Thread Ian Smith
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:13:08 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: you install it from ports and use explicitly, everything else still uses default On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote: Can old version of GCC used with BSD 7.0 without facing any

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote: Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of top-posting, including tail-quoting all sorts irrelevant and repeated trailers etc, after years of your (almost too- :)

Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow]

2009-02-18 Thread Ian Smith
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Wojciech Puchar wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote: Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of top-posting, including tail-quoting all sorts irrelevant and