On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:28 AM <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: >[...] > -- > rhk > > (sig revised 20221206) > > If you reply: snip, snip, and snip again; leave attributions; avoid HTML; > avoid top posting; and keep it "on list". (Oxford comma (and semi-colon) > included at no charge.) If you revise the topic, change the Subject: line. > If you change the topic, start a new thread. > > Writing is often meant for others to read and understand (legal documents > excepted?) -- make it easier for your reader by various means, including > liberal use of whitespace (short paragraphs, separated by whitespace / blank > lines) and minimal use of (obscure?) jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, and > references. > > If someone has already responded to a question, decide whether any response > you add will be helpful or not ... > > A picture is worth a thousand words. A video (or "audio"): not so much -- > divide by 10 for each minute of video (or audio) or create a transcript and > edit it to 10% of the original. > > A speaker who uses ahhs, ums, or such may have a real physical or mental > disability, or may be showing disrespect for his listeners by not properly > preparing in advance and thinking before speaking. (Remember Cicero who did > not have enough time to write a short missive.) (That speaker might have been > "trained" to do this by being interrupted often if he pauses.) > > A radio (or TV) station which broadcasts speakers with high pitched voices (or > very low pitched / gravelly voices) (which older people might not be able to > hear properly) disrespects its listeners. Likewise if it broadcasts > extraneous or disturbing sounds (like gunfire or crying), or broadcasts > speakers using their native language (with or without an overdubbed > translation). > > A person who writes a sig this long probably has issues and disrespects (and > offends) a large number of readers. ;-) > '
>From https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt : - If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is, the more they pay.
