Oh, waaaaa!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/8 Michael B. Trausch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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The biggest point is that top posters are almost never trimmers, and you<br>
wind up with 25 lines saying "--- Original Message ---" or similar, all<br>
with included message bodies, which is *highly* irritating because it<br>
tends to get *really* long. Not everyone has what we'd consider to be<br>
high-speed Internet, even still in today's world. Moreso when you're<br>
posting to mailing lists that are very widely read (say, the LKML, or<br>
various development lists, or various other topical discussion lists<br>
that are running on mailing list software) or posting to Usenet.<br>
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The rule of netiquette was created for a reason, and it's simply that,<br>
netiquette. </blockquote><div> </div><div>etiquette was created as another tool to separate people by "class". Burping during a meal is OK in some cultures (this is similar to "personal preference") while in other cultures (none I want to affiliate with) farting at the table ( and the ensuing comments on "quality") are also common place (I haven't seen Deliverance in a while...) is not a taboo.<br>
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My sigfile ran away and is on hiatus.<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br>I am becoming opposed to signature lines that lack quotes from Dave Barry. I think off-beat, quirky humour should be required of all moderately sentient organisms who send electronic messages. <br>
<br>And I want to pick the rules that define the word "moderately".<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III <br><br>