On 7/31/05, TyrusMaynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, it's to preserve the threading of MY thoughts within the context of the threaded messages.
Yeah, I think "Top Posting" is one of the habits which feed into it. You forget there's 3 pages of discussion under "Me Too!".
Well, there's the crux of the matter. Is the list for *discussion* or *presentation*.
Perhaps some kind soul would volunteer to "Kernel Traffic" the list. Take the posts, and write a summary of the highs and lows, with relevent quotes embedded in the summary, with links to the full discussion.
The real problem with automating it, is that it's really a job for Human Brain. ( Maybe a well trained Monkey Brain, in a jar or something COULD work, maybe... )
MikeHey Mike ,
Looking back on some of your posts on other threads,I notice that you are
one of the few persons who actually posts without automated thread copy either
above or below the new posting content.
Well, it's to preserve the threading of MY thoughts within the context of the threaded messages.
It seems that the majority of folks have automated this behavior into email
clients (I am also guilty of the habit). It is a convenience easily forgotten
when it becomes redundant, when past thread content is not pruned to concise
items as you have done below.
Yeah, I think "Top Posting" is one of the habits which feed into it. You forget there's 3 pages of discussion under "Me Too!".
My concern is about appearance for presentation in an archive which is for
current users and users who have yet to arrive in the community (so called
posterity).
Well, there's the crux of the matter. Is the list for *discussion* or *presentation*.
Perhaps some kind soul would volunteer to "Kernel Traffic" the list. Take the posts, and write a summary of the highs and lows, with relevent quotes embedded in the summary, with links to the full discussion.
The real problem with automating it, is that it's really a job for Human Brain. ( Maybe a well trained Monkey Brain, in a jar or something COULD work, maybe... )
