21 Dec
2013
21 Dec
'13
4:30 a.m.
!< Firstly the correct way to quote text is to prepend each line with ">
".
Oh for the love of fuck let it go.
You are not spending cycles on education here, this is the type of (ultimately bullying)
behaviour that has ruined our culture.
How noble the heart that must kick a flea.
My last words as president of Linux Users of Victoria were - "Be Excellent to Each
Other."
This is why. Do better, try harder.
Further correspondence will not be entered into.
ALC
21 Dec
21 Dec
4:43 a.m.
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:30:15 achalmers(a)westnet.com.au wrote:
You are not spending cycles on education here, this is
the type of
(ultimately bullying) behaviour that has ruined our culture.
The purpose of a list is for communication.
When points are discussed clear communication requires referencing previous
messages. If everyone quotes messages with "> " then you can have several
levels of quoted text and it will still be readable. I am not aware of any
other way of quoting that allows multiple levels of quoting that are clearly
readable, quoting the entire previous message doesn't work as the reader would
have to read all previous messages and try to figure out which section was
referenced.
For any form of communication there will be a variety of social norms which
make things easier for everyone.
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8:11 a.m.
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Russell Coker wrote:
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:30:15 achalmers(a)westnet.com.au
wrote:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1849.txt §4.3.2
This SHOULD be done by prefacing each quoted line (even if it is
empty) with the character ">". This will result in multiple levels
of ">" when quoted context itself contains quoted context.
FWIW, I found the post Russell complained about so unreadable that I
skipped it entirely. I approve of explaining established conventions;
it's entirely appropriate.
You are not spending cycles on education here,
this is the type of
(ultimately bullying) behaviour that has ruined our culture.
The purpose of a list is for communication.
When points are discussed clear communication requires referencing
previous messages. If everyone quotes messages with "> " then you
can have several levels of quoted text and it will still be
readable. 
8:01 p.m.
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I agree. So often established conventions are ignored and let go, then it
becomes a mess and people say "let it go". All of a sudden people are
posting with no grammar whatsoever and when they're corrected, people say
"let it go". To quote an earlier poster, "for the love of f**k",
please
have some rules, at least regarding posting on the 'net.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Trent W. Buck <trentbuck(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Russell Coker wrote:
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:30:15
achalmers(a)westnet.com.au wrote:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1849.txt §4.3.2
This SHOULD be done by prefacing each quoted line (even if it is
empty) with the character ">". This will result in multiple levels
of ">" when quoted context itself contains quoted context.
FWIW, I found the post Russell complained about so unreadable that I
skipped it entirely. I approve of explaining established conventions;
it's entirely appropriate.
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You are not spending cycles on education here,
this is the type of
(ultimately bullying) behaviour that has ruined our culture.
The purpose of a list is for communication.
When points are discussed clear communication requires referencing
previous messages. If everyone quotes messages with "> " then you
can have several levels of quoted text and it will still be
readable. 
22 Dec
22 Dec
3:33 a.m.
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On 22/12/2013 7:12 AM, Anders Holmström wrote:
On 21/12/2013 9:01 PM, Michael Scott wrote:
Absolutely!!!! But way off-topic now.... :(
Oh and definitely plain text posts to the lists as well, no html here.
Cheers
A.
[...]
please have some rules, at least regarding posting on the 'net.
Like not top-posting? And trimming quoted material? :-) 
23 Dec
23 Dec
10:45 a.m.
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On 22/12/13 07:12, Anders Holmström wrote:
Like not top-posting? And trimming quoted material?
:-)
Also, while we're having a whinge about all things etiquette, I'd just
like to add a complaint about people who use MUAs that don't make use of
the References header properly, and thus screw up threading?
People using IMP as their MUA seem to be the most serious offenders here.
Seriously. Irritating.
(Oh, and Merry Whatever, everyone).
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