> From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Van: ME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Ronn (and others), please do NOT post entire articles here if they
> > > are already available on the WWW. Only post the URL; not everybody
> > > on this list
> >
> > Depends on the article and the circumstance. If it was intended to
> > make a point that was being argued it should be posted whole. Some
> > sites hide their info behind 'free registration' and similar
gimmicks.
>
> Most sites do not. The only one I know of that does that is the New
York
> Times website -- and you only have to register *once*, not every time
you
> want to read an article.
It is a tracking mechanism. I do not allow myself to be tracked this
way. I do not allow cookies, I do not allow java or activeX controls and
I use webwasher daisy-chained to proximitron to filter every web-page,
(web-bugs, ads, crap, etc.).
> > > has a toll-free number for their dial-up access, or a 24/7
broadband
> > > connection. Some us have to pay the phone company for every second
> > > they are on-line; posting entire articles only leads to waste of
> > > bandwidth, more time needed to download e-mail or read e-mail
online,
> > > and a higher phone bill.
> >
> > You are implying one of three things here:
> >
> > 1. That you read these articles pointed at on the web. This would
of
> > course be the same or probably greater bandwidth, phone charges.
This
> > negates your reasoning above.
> >
> > 2. That you do NOT read these articles.
> >
> > 3. That you might read an article pointed at, but probably don't in
> > the majority of cases.
>
> Option #3. I do not always find a topic interesting, and I do not have
the
> time to read every article someone provides a link to.
It is just as easy to ignore an email.
>
> > > If an article is not yet available on-line, put it on your own
> > > own website and post the URL, or send it off-list to people who ask
> > > for it.
> >
> > Impractical, and burdensome. Water flows down the path of least
> > resistance.
>
> If you have a website, it is not impractical to post an article there.
All
> you need is to copy the document to your site. Sending it off-list to
> interested parties is also easy -- all you need is hit the "Reply"
button,
> then the "Attach" button (or whatever it is called in your e-mail
client),
> select the file, and hit "Send".
It is not that easy. It takes quite a bit more effort than sending an
email. I hope you mean 'copy' and 'paste' instead of 'attach'. I have
this tendancy to Bitch-Slap anyone who sends me HTML messages.
> > > Thank you for your cooperation.
> >
> > I would like to point out that unless a message is VERY long (>12k)
the
> > amount of time to download it almost negligible--Fractions of a
second.
> > It will not appreciably change your phone bill.
>
> If it happens only once, no. If it happens regularly, it adds up. This,
BTW,
> is the same reason why you are supposed to quote only relevant parts of
a
> post, not entire posts.
This is not a high throughput forum like say
rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan .
