Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 11/28/2011 02:08 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/28/2011 10:58 AM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote: >> Well, I'm sure that some folks are of the opinion that the GNOME developers >> attitudes and responses to user concerns are pretty fascist. > Only those who use the term as a generic insult and haven't the

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/29/2011 12:35 AM, Matt Rose wrote: >> Sorry POC for inserting here. >> >> I just want to congratulate all the participants in this thread and >> resulting tangents. You've manged to hit at least 3 most often >> recurring themes. > I realize nothing can be done about the meta "Guidelines"

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread les
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:15 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 28.11.2011 09:12, schrieb les: > > On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 20:00 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> in business-communication top posting and TOFU is normally > >> because with TOFU you need only the last mail of a conversation > >> and wi

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/28/2011 10:58 AM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote: > Well, I'm sure that some folks are of the opinion that the GNOME developers > attitudes and responses to user concerns are pretty fascist. Only those who use the term as a generic insult and haven't the slightest idea what it means. -- users mail

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 11/28/2011 01:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/28/2011 05:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> The only thing missing is the confirmation of the Godwin's law. :-D > Well, the number of people hating Gnome proves that Ugol's Law still > works. Now, all we need is an example of Cole's Law Well, I'm su

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/28/2011 05:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > The only thing missing is the confirmation of the Godwin's law. :-D Well, the number of people hating Gnome proves that Ugol's Law still works. Now, all we need is an example of Cole's Law. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Matt Rose
> Sorry POC for inserting here. > > I just want to congratulate all the participants in this thread and > resulting tangents. You've manged to hit at least 3 most often > recurring themes. I realize nothing can be done about the meta "Guidelines" thrash, but you know, some would say that if s

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 28 November 2011 20:03:02 Ed Greshko wrote: > Sorry POC for inserting here. > > I just want to congratulate all the participants in this thread and > resulting tangents. You've manged to hit at least 3 most often > recurring themes. > > > > A. GNOME 3 is the most hated desktop

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Ed Greshko
Sorry POC for inserting here. I just want to congratulate all the participants in this thread and resulting tangents. You've manged to hit at least 3 most often recurring themes. A. GNOME 3 is the most hated desktop since the introduction of KDE 4. B. Licensing in Fedora. Or: Why c

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 21:49 +1100, Roger wrote: > Also consider that with several contributors commenting on the same > post it gets boring scrolling down each one through the same > information > Roger That's why you edit. Whatever posting style you use, you need to edit. You can't keep every si

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.11.2011 12:47, schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan: > 1) Business mail top-posts and quotes everything because that's the way > Outlook works and to a significant percentage of business users > "Outlook"and "Email" are synonyms. The single advantage to doing it this > way is that you can shovel over

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 21:49 +1100, Roger wrote: > Also consider that with several contributors commenting on the same > post > it gets boring scrolling down each one through the same information It gets even more boring when posters can't be bothered to trim the stuff they're quoting. If quotes w

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Roger
Also consider that with several contributors commenting on the same post it gets boring scrolling down each one through the same information Roger in business-communication top posting and TOFU is normally because with TOFU you need only the last mail of a conversation and with the top-posting y

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.11.2011 09:12, schrieb les: > On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 20:00 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >> in business-communication top posting and TOFU is normally >> because with TOFU you need only the last mail of a conversation >> and with the top-posting you need not to scroll and see the whole >> answ

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread Maurizio Marini
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:12:14 -0800 les wrote: I love this mlist more and more! all started with Fedora - time to blink and now we are behind this "querelle" that is older than internet ;) you are amazing, guys :) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-28 Thread les
On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 20:00 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: > > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:13:53 + > > Frank Murphy wrote: > > > >> That's what top-posting brings. (Not JZ) > >> Let's see the rant's now. > > > > A. Because people read from top to bo

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
> |  But side posting is more fun = It > |  and by far a more interesting = certainly > |  challenge, isn't it? = is > |= more > |  {O,o}   Ack! = challenging > > -- = with

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/27/2011 06:28 PM, jdow wrote: > On 2011/11/27 15:42, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Well, considering that top posting | But side posting is more fun > > is strongly discourages in the | and by far a more interesting >> list guidelines,

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread jdow
On 2011/11/27 15:42, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 11/27/2011 01:00 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> >> Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: >>> >>> A. Because people read from top to bottom. >>> Q. Why should I not top post? >>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally r

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On 11/27/2011 01:00 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: >> >> A. Because people read from top to bottom. >> Q. Why should I not top post? >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sunday 27 November 2011 20:00:20 Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: > > A. Because people read from top to bottom. > > Q. Why should I not top post? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad th

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread David
On 11/27/2011 12:13 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 27/11/11 17:08, Joe Zeff wrote: > >>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: >> >> Possibly so someone can say >> "It's not bloated, you installed all that stuff" >> >> Please get your attributions right. There's n

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:00:20 -0600 Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: > > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:13:53 + > > Frank Murphy wrote: > > > >> That's what top-posting brings. (Not JZ) > >> Let's see the rant's now. > > > > A. Because people read from top

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 27.11.2011 19:32, schrieb Maurizio Marini: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:13:53 + > Frank Murphy wrote: > >> That's what top-posting brings. (Not JZ) >> Let's see the rant's now. > > A. Because people read from top to bottom. > Q. Why should I not top post? > A: Because it messes up the order

Re: Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Maurizio Marini
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:13:53 + Frank Murphy wrote: > That's what top-posting brings. (Not JZ) > Let's see the rant's now. A. Because people read from top to bottom. Q. Why should I not top post? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such

Top posting in a meandeing thread was: Re: Fedora - time to blink

2011-11-27 Thread Frank Murphy
On 27/11/11 17:08, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > > Possibly so someone can say > "It's not bloated, you installed all that stuff" > > Please get your attributions right. There's nothing of mine quoted here. That's what top-posting b