Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:03:53 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <CAEC7391xYjoY4Z6gUUz3_W1GREaAZC5h1d8fbS%2BFGaDeJ7X-aA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEC7390TNmFeG8E=bf4yifTgGmpD8d9DyQkn3NN=RQHX2sMdgg@mail.gmail.com> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <2393a1e0-b073-950a-78be-9f57d8e9934b@anatoli.ws> <e1f6623a-3b3c-a43e-446a-d41f20f69418@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200611070630.2cb42786.freebsd@edvax.de> <EA869B95-9D98-4ECC-9371-C57A0035BC32@kreme.com> <20200611091449.383e1d83@archlinux> <53a6833e-db63-2395-4d2e-f05a9b1fb269@boxsci.com> <CAEJNuHyxQ=Bm89wQ_8jPdmSXRDP5zPyHZYFi1XS%2BH6h1mAJZ_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=V7Jk1LUrsw8KjwcrXNrHMBim2gVe6dTAtR6C6wBPz2w@mail.gmail.com> <20200611112418.0bb0c896b685c84ed8d6a8f6@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXmkDd4h7YkrwkZACM9vzBY5p3L9WqRTBmFtUUBMd_HhGA@mail.gmail.com> <20200611135639.0c07500e@archlinux> <36a71c5c-ccf0-d28d-c6c1-1d9c80873a12@yuripv.dev> <CAGBxaXkb96QKzkA1cnmdKfAarb0Wf6xrbd-kYG5eESa0TtG_Gw@mail.gmail.com> <20200611085616.0000514b@seibercom.net> <20200611152205.b305ae0c.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEC7390TNmFeG8E=bf4yifTgGmpD8d9DyQkn3NN=RQHX2sMdgg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/11/20, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> wrote: > This must be the eternal subject that keeps FreeBSD users from getting > Real Work (TM) done... > > Oh, wait, no "top posting!" Do y'alls realize (or remember, for a lot > of us) that this was _also_ the top subject for discussion on > freebsd-questions back in the 00s??? > Dang it, got bit by the @#$!! reply-to-list thing myself... sigh... > On 6/11/20, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:56:16 -0400, Jerry wrote: >>> Even worse are the number of responders who fail to clip out unneeded >>> portions of the message. I am aware that there are users who consider >>> "truncating" parts of a message as blasphemy. However, without proper >>> pruning, an email replied to numerous times in a virtual cornucopia of >>> styles, becomes an unintelligent mess. >> >> Yes! This is a good description of what I meant with "showing >> respect" or "to deal with" the message. If your headers are >> kept working, and you can also use "[...]" or "[dd]" (or any >> other indication that you clipped something) the "quoted" >> aspect is still fully valid. And if you worry about the >> blasphemy: there's always the reference (!) to the original >> message which can be consulted. >> >> Thanks for mentioning this one - I thought I was the only one >> who noticed that. Oh, must be my PC's snob mode again... ;-) >> > > Hear, hear. IMHO, crafting a good explanation of "top posting" and how > to configure mail browsers to default to it (or at least how to be > consciously careful about it) would be a Really Good Thing(TM) to add > to the Handbook's "Mailing Lists" section. > > Okay, it would. I'll take that on. Hope I don't crash my TODO stack... :D I will do this... I'm really tired of this subject and I want it to (mostly) go away with more people happy about FreeBSD and talking about other good things! > -- > Don Wilde > **************************************************** > * What is the Internet of Things but a system * > * of systems including humans? * > **************************************************** > -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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