..mailing list style booos, was: Can't mount cdrom

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt_at_c2i.net)
Date: 09/15/03

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    Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 06:15:40 +0200
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    On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 02:06:23 +0100,
    "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
    <20030915010623.GT18694@guildenstern.dyndns.org>:

    > on Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:17:49AM +0100, Chris Wilcox
    > (not_rich_yet@hotmail.com) wrote:
    > > From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
    > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    > > Subject: Re: Can't mount cdrom
    > > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:53:49 +0100

    > > > Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes below the
    > > > material cited.

    ..aka conversational quotes, produces "a way to _talk_ about it".

    > > I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't always follow this
    > > methodology but I will attempt to make an effort to use it in the
    > > future. I'm a member of a few mailing lists and some use the
    > > opposite ie top-posting. It is easy to get confused, either that or
    > > I'm easily confused!

    ..is _why_ we advice first lurk on each list, then set up your mailer
    appropriately for each list, _before_ your first post.

    > There are many arguments for why this format is appropriate. The most
    > succinct is a four line sig:
    >
    >
    > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
    > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
    > A: Top-posting.
    > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
    >
    > Top-quoting leads to a number of sins, including insufficient
    > trimming, excessive quoting, and misattribution...
    >

    ...and law suit threats: I have fond memories of an "IT Professional
    with Over 10 years Experience in IT and 10 in the Press" who went,
    and _stayed_ ballistic, over being dismissed as a Dimwit Lightweight
    by yours truly, after "I" suggested he was. ;-)

    ..he slid off the hook after I, uhm, helped him prove the truth, ;-)
    and after I suggested better and more expensive legal counsel than
    he wanted to use on me, I mean, why not do it with _authority_. ;-) 

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