Re: [SLE] Have you seen this? -- TOFU explained
From: Vic Ayres (vic_at_ayresonline.co.uk)
Date: 03/07/04
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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 00:39:44 +0000 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
jaska wrote:
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> I do understand that trimming is needed when bottom-posting, but when
> top-posting, just add the reply on top, perhaps deleting something from the
> original message, and go-on with whatever I was doing.
>
That's a very interesting statement. Have you looked at what you
included under your reply? I'm leaving it all in here in the hope that
you will actually look. (But I'm not holding my breath.)
> By doing this I perhaps make a new reply and help another Linux-user in the
> same time, that it takes to carefully trimming the message.
>
> Maybe someone will say that it is a waste of bandwidht. If so, the why do we
> graphics on web-pages? It is not needed, but it is there.. They should the
> start to educate people who are designing web-pages to get back to stone-age!
>
> Jaska.
>
>
>>>i.e., instead of you replying to post of mine by carefully trimming
>>>the amount of the text you quote and then add your follow-up below it,
>>>you add your answer "above" and then quote my entire email below.
>>>
>>>It's amazingly rude and ugly, even worse than Cc'ing a poster
>>>when replying to the list.
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>-ckm
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>>Reference:
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>>http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/
>>http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Jun/0536.html
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>>OK, that is (was) Chris's opinion -- and he is no longer on the list,
>>but many who are -- especially one's who know the answers ---
>>don't like TOFU becasue it slows down their reading,
>>and replying to people wh=o need help.
>>(Many of them have very high reading rates)
>>
>>Look at your logs -- the most recent stuff is at the bottom.
>>
>>Remember teletypes --- the last message is at the bottom
>>
>>Look at the archieves...last reply is at the bottom
>>
>>Bottom line -- do it at your own peril.
>>
>>Look at this post...
>>
>>I will leave it as an exercise for the reader about
>>M$ mentality. There is a full moon out --
>>and we don't need any more flames...
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>Remember, google is your friend,
>>
>>Gar
>>
>>--
>>"The IETF motto is 'rough consensus and running code'"
>> -- David D. Clark (as quoted in:
>> Unix, POSIX and Open Systems, John S. Quarterman p. 206)
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