Somewhere in the following confused ramble may actually be the only cogent argument for top-posting I've seen.
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:52:29AM +0000, Alexander Harrowell wrote: > > For those of us who read nanog from a mobile device, it's incredibly > annoying to have no content in the first few bytes - a lot of mobile > e-mail clients (all MS Windows Mobile 5 devices and every Blackberry > I've seen) pull the first 0.5KB of each message, i.e. the header, > subject line and the first few lines of text, so the user can decide > which ones are worth reading in full. > > Intention is to save bandwidth on low-speed, noncertain networks > (GPRS, 1xRTT) which also tend to be metered per-bit - spending actual > money to read something like the following is always a great way to > start the day. > > > > > > > > > > >>NANOG User wrote: > >>> > .>> > .>>> > >> > >>Steve wrote: > . > >>> > >>> > .>> > Another User temporarily inconvenienced several million electrons to > lucubrate anent following philosophy, and how clever silly synonyms > for "said" are: > > > >> > >Someone's PGP Key > > > >Someone's Smartass Sig -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.