Can we drop this topic, it comes up very month or so, and with more than a
100 emails...
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On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 08:00 -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> I actually DO subscribe to this list via gmail. However, I seldom bother
> doing so through webmail, because I like my information to come to me,
> rather than spending my time logging on, waiting for pages to refresh, etc.
> My exper
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 20:55 -0400, Matt Shields wrote:
>
> I think the thing that's annoying about top posting is explained with
> this example (grabbed from a Boston Linux & Unix Group signature).
> I'll have to admit when I'm not thinking about it, there have been a
> few times where I've top p
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
>> Dear Mr. Singh:
>>
>> I understand you prefer this medium. I have practical experience with
>> alternatives that have offered measurable and definite benefits to the
>> communities they
Hi,
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> Dear Mr. Singh:
>
> I understand you prefer this medium. I have practical experience with
> alternatives that have offered measurable and definite benefits to the
> communities they serve.
Which is quite fair, and the point I was making as well. However, the
poit I
Doug Tucker wrote:
>> I'd give you 40 technical reasons why forums are not nearly as productive as
>> lists, but I cant be asked really.
>
> Common thread to all of this, is that we are all individuals with
> different work flows that work better for us. What puzzles me, is why
> people are so r
William Warren wrote:
> Beyond casutic...who's slaging here karanbir? He expressed his opinion
> and last time i checked there wasn't a rule against that. While your
> reply was inflamatory you also have the right to fire back..however
> saying it's not ok to do something that wasn't against any
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Paul Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I love alpine. It works with UTF-8 so you can read spam in the original
> Hebrew or Chinese, but it's text-only so you avoid NSFW images. You get
> foreign language practice in an HR-acceptable manner. Woohoo!
Yes, alpine
On Fri, 16 May 2008, R P Herrold wrote:
There's the problem, Les !! -- the pine (now, alpine) editor, pico,
does not work that way. Fortunately, [al]pine will honor an EDITOR
environment variable for those preferring a different editor, so one
can go nuts, and even, say, use emacs.
I love a
Jason Pyeron wrote:
I just wish I could configure my outlook ...
Configure it? Don't you know how to move the cursor? The point is that
you are supposed to delete the irrelevant context as you move down,
replying underneath the parts you leave so it lands it the right place
conversation-wise
Thanks, Steve. I dunno how I missed that source.
--Carol Anne
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Huff
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 8:19 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:01 AM, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> with ~ 60-70 messages since midnight last night?!? 100+ email messages/day
> is a fairly busy email list by any standards.
>
> but, yes, I'd rather go to the library and read a well written book than
> hang out at a pa
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
And, yes, I know there's an archive of posts to this forum, but the question
is one of focus: Do you hold more value for a lively (virtual) meeting
with lots of participants, or a quiet library where information is archived?
This medium feels to me more like the latter.
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Les Mikesell questioned, "...who would go there to post any answers?" The
answer is the same people who share here...and probably many more who find
this sparse medium harder to navigate. There's a thriving community I
helped create and nurture, which I've described at
h
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 02:06 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> > Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any
> > of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail
> > load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of int
And, yes, I know there's an archive of posts to this forum, but the question
is one of focus: Do you hold more value for a lively (virtual) meeting
with lots of participants, or a quiet library where information is archived?
This medium feels to me more like the latter.
--Carol Anne
It's a
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Carol Anne Ogdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Les Mikesell questioned, "...who would go there to post any answers?" The
> answer is the same people who share here...and probably many more who find
> this sparse medium harder to navigate.
I, for one, would be unlik
On May 16, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Your opinions are louder than your putative experience.
Unfortunately, in
51 years in the computer industry, I've sometimes had to cope with
behaviors
like yours. It still makes me sad to experience such unhappy
people who
think that
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:00:59AM -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> I actually DO subscribe to this list via gmail. However, I seldom bother
...
Hi Carol (and all the other top posters),
if you keep top posting, please could you at least DELETE the
mail you are replying to?
Tru
--
Tru Huynh (
On May 16, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your
reply? I've
searched high-and-low with no success.
http://www.centos.org
in the navbar, look for Support->Forums.
or pick the *very first hit* from a Google:
http://www.g
Karanbir Singh
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:07 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> > Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was
> maintained
> > on any of the quality "bulletin
:12 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
> > Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was
> maintained
> > on any of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would
&
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Matt Hyclak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:54:26AM -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin enlightened us:
>> Thanks, Johnny, for your comments.
>>
>> Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your reply? I've
>> searched high-and-low with
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
>
> Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your reply? I've
> searched high-and-low with no success.
Eh? www.centos.org -> support -> forums
Or wiki.centos.org -> Help
Or google -> [centos forums] [x] I feel lucky
> The other thing I'd love is a link
: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly antediluvian,
> > and wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely r
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:54:26AM -0700, Carol Anne Ogdin enlightened us:
> Thanks, Johnny, for your comments.
>
> Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your reply? I've
> searched high-and-low with no success.
>
www.centos.org -> Support -> Forums takes you to
http://centos
Carol Anne
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:42 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > On Thu, M
Beyond casutic...who's slaging here karanbir? He expressed his opinion
and last time i checked there wasn't a rule against that. While your
reply was inflamatory you also have the right to fire back..however
saying it's not ok to do something that wasn't against any of the rules
of this forum
Akemi Yagi wrote:
I think this post gives us a good message. That is that, just like
there are many people who hate the forums, there are many users who
prefer the forums over the mailing lists.
That does not mean you go slaging off one communication medium in
another. If IRC is the only thin
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any
of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail
load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Jason Pyeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just wish I could configure my outlook ...
>
No excuse now :)
http://quotefix.flupp.de/
Regards,
Martyn
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On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any
> of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail
> load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of interest to me
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:09 PM, David Mackintosh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:08AM -0700, MHR wrote:
>> This is way OT, which we know (the Subject: line...) - can we dismiss
>> it as "beaten to death one more time" and go on? :-)
>
> You must be new to the Internet.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly antediluvian, and
> wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely remember that *maybe*
> something relevant was discussed months ago, but is now relevant to my
> cur
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any
of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail
load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of interest to me at the
moment, and I can eMail those posts to myself that
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:04:08AM -0700, MHR wrote:
> This is way OT, which we know (the Subject: line...) - can we dismiss
> it as "beaten to death one more time" and go on? :-)
You must be new to the Internet. There's no such thing as too much
beating for any horse, dead or not.
:)
--
/\o
Carol Anne Ogdin wrote:
Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was maintained on any
of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would reduce my eMail
load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of interest to me at the
moment, and I can eMail those posts to myself that
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:03 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Bob Taylor wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 16:48 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote:
> >>> On May
Bob Taylor wrote:
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 16:48 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote:
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote:
On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
month...user base is over 4000...
I *think* Scott wr
Folks,
This is way OT, which we know (the Subject: line...) - can we dismiss
it as "beaten to death one more time" and go on? :-)
Thanks.
mhr
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On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 16:48 -0500, Doug Tucker wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote:
> > On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
> >
> > > ...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
> > > month...user base is over 4000...
> >
I *think* Scott
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Les Mikesell
>
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just wish I could configure my outlook ...
>
> Configure it? Don't you know how to move the cursor? The point is that
> you are supposed to delete
2008 6:59 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >
> >>>> ...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
> >>>> month...user base is over 4000...
> >> Usenet is almost
Jason Pyeron wrote:
...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
month...user base is over 4000...
Usenet is almost dead but e-mail lists abound (you are using one).
Same concepts.
I know, but my point was, since we all use email to read email lists,
let's get off the old u
Doug Tucker wrote:
I know, but my point was, since we all use email to read email lists,
let's get off the old usenet etiquette, and use email etiquette, which
you will find yourself in the very minute minority that replies bottom
post.
Not on this or most any other technical list, with th
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Doug Tucker
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:49 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wr
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:56 -0500, Scott Nelson wrote:
> On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
>
> > ...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
> > month...user base is over 4000...
>
Usenet is almost dead but e-mail lists abound (you are using one).
Same concept
On May 14, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Tucker wrote:
...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last
month...user base is over 4000...
Usenet is almost dead but e-mail lists abound (you are using one).
Same concepts.
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