Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-08-02 Thread jeffrey marousek
TASTES GREAT...LESS FILLING! On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Joe Hass wrote: > As a cagey veteran... > > What tipped me from digest to live feed was my migration from AOL to > Gmail in 2004. By having a threaded email client, I was able to > quickly go through multiple messages at a time while ke

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-08-02 Thread Joe Hass
As a cagey veteran... What tipped me from digest to live feed was my migration from AOL to Gmail in 2004. By having a threaded email client, I was able to quickly go through multiple messages at a time while keeping my inbox relatively straight. As always, YMMV. -- TV or Not TV The Smartes

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-08-01 Thread Hank Fung
I think it's settled then. The best way to read the group, and the choice that the vast majority of readers make, are individual messages. The group sometimes moves way too quickly for the digest. While scrolling through lots of text may be annoying for digest readers, having a long thread about wh

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-08-01 Thread Bob in Jersey
As of 2000 UTC Aug 1st, 1196 nonbanned users, 149 on digest. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe fro

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-08-01 Thread K.M. Richards
Sorry, Jon, I didn't mean that some requoting, in context, isn't welcomed. But when reading this group in digest form, having to scroll past requotes of entire posts, especially when no one has trimmed them at any point, makes this a chore rather than a pleasurable activity. And note to Joe Cough

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-07-31 Thread Joe Coughlin
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:12 PM, K.M. Richards > wrote: > [snip] > > > > Could I go so far as to add that requoting the entirety of a previous > > post when responding is just as much clutter to my eyes? > > But requoting *none* of it sometime

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-07-31 Thread Jon Delfin
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:12 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: [snip] > > Could I go so far as to add that requoting the entirety of a previous > post when responding is just as much clutter to my eyes? But requoting *none* of it sometimes makes for messages that make no sense whatsoever. To me, at least.

[TV orNotTV] Re: 'Outsourced': NBC lost in translation

2010-07-31 Thread K.M. Richards
I agree with Kevin on this one. I receive the group in digest format and I find shorter posts easier to deal with. A link to an article followed by the poster's comments on same is much preferable to having the entire article retransmitted in the form of a long post. (In fact, such cut-and-paste