[GRLUG] Social norms

[Bob Kline]

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of
sound and fury, signifying nothing."

       -Macbeth

It might be time to
expand the discussion from just
vertical to include
horizontal.  i.e.,  how
about a major blowout now over
line lengths?

I almost never read the
group
any more,  so don't bother
particularly venting against
me, but do make sure
the rubes are clear on
that too.  And maybe a few
words about
fonts. Punctuation
and speling two.

But avoiding all useful
content is OK.  Yes,  like
I just did.  And if the rubes
don't knuckle under, go
off and pout.

    -bOB


On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:

> Mainly because it doesn't break the flow. If you want an example, here
> it is. But then you'll see this shortly.
>
> On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 08:34 -0400, Collin wrote:
> > Tim Schmidt wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I suppose you did not. But, really, we can only debate what we do
> here.
> > >> You can't change what other people do. And it's not even a consensus
> out
> > >> there either. There are plenty of lists where top posting is OK. And,
> on
> > >> this list, it seems there are plenty of people who, like me, also do
> not
> > >> mind top posting.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Have you ever used the internet?
> >
> > (I snipped out the references you gave)
> and a bravo for that noting.
>
> [SNIP] works as well and most people know what or why.
> >
> > Let me be brief rather than get into this all over again. There are more
> > important things to fight about. To each their own. All I'm asking is
> > that you at least try to keep an open mind and abide by those that have
> > different conventions than you.
>
> Its not about YOU. Its about saving hours of other people's time trying
> to read this thread *AND* for posterity's sake of the archives being
> *READABLE*. For the archivists and people trying to read the particular
> 64-bit Linux thread... proper quoting and responses either in-line or
> bottom posting actually *SAVE TIME* and *READABILITY* actually increases
> many fold.
>
> The main reason why in-line or bottom replies work better...
>
> Do you people that top post *EVER* think about anyone *BUT* yourselves?
>
> So, just because you like to drive on the other side of the road, does
> that mean you should and not expect some kind of destructive fallout?
>
> I've kept to my own here mostly on this subject. I've been admonished by
> a few people to "Lighten up" so... as we can see I'm *BY FAR* not the
> only one that believes this.
>
> You seem to follow *some* guidelines as it suites you... its almost like
> you are doing a Microsoft EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) tactic here.
> --
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