From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E837N-0007cZ-G6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:49:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7OLlAMJ025971; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:47:10 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OLhSdj004443 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:43:29 GMT Received: from spinner (pcp09717955pcs.brlngt01.nj.comcast.net[68.37.116.95]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005082421443301400kkfdee>; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:44:33 +0000 From: Jerry McBride Organization: TEAM GENTOO To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description? Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:45:01 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20050823112654.GA31003@lugmen.org.ar> <430CD9AF.4030204@pbp.net> <430CE320.8020905@gt.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <430CE320.8020905@gt.rr.com> X-face: ")H](I{2RQe^;Y`F|S%C`m/b{~>to5dS|({F]j9Y7VYrP#/kSknN[4n\nd6g|ElXC$Dz+mz 4ftmNi*},Ep)K@CQsZp#31x()Y!}=XL47(t?HvyN@I-|?Hz$Io_( @>:#Dnr#*f6]N$(YHS7i)V=Xi&9n0&Dd]=SOQV?qc3Fp_\jZKG\$4@R?M}'mjqjgNa|mI~h"G1C`p{ sO3{Y/\~I Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508242145.02046.mcbrides9@comcast.net> X-Archives-Salt: 016ea883-9f60-48ee-9f44-1c16065f27d6 X-Archives-Hash: a37c91e3ff341ffc42df77a44b409f90 On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:14 pm, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > Jonathan Nichols wrote: > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:57:09 -0300 Daniel da Veiga > >> > >> wrote: > >> | You know bud, read some rules, be polite. > >> > >> There are many who consider top posting to be just about the rudest > >> thing you could possibly do on a mailing list. HTML email is worse, but > >> not by much. > > > > It's too bad that even *gmail*, the paragon of geek email, encourages > > top posting. :( > > > > And it's also the default setting in Thunderbird. I wish they'd change > > that. > > As a matter of curiosity, why is top posting considered bad form. I'm > using Thunderbird and when it views the mail, by default it is at the > top. With bottom posting, I have to scroll down to view the post. > I with you, brother... For me, top posting keeps me from having to wade through the entire message to get to the "new response" of the OP. I think most "linux nerds" (me included) distain top posting because it's the default setting of some email app that runs on the windows OS.... Jerry -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! 5:46pm up 37 days, 17:45, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list