On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:18 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 07:09 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:12 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 00:41 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 11:21 -0400, Rick Stanley wrote: > > > > > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > > > Read the above. > > bg: > > I feel sorry for this guy's clients if this is indicative of his level > > of awareness. Of course the fact that someone claiming to be a Linux > > specialist is using a gmail address, rather than his own domain, is also > > a trifle off-putting :-) > > I am beginning to think, based on observing the clueless list-directed > > unsub requests, and also on several other unrelated observations over > > time, that what we may have here is a pandemic failure to read to the > > end of documents of all kinds. I'm interested in hearing whether others > > have noticed this. > > YES! And certainly not just here. Coworkers and I were just discussing > that this morning - about e-mails that say at the end of every message: > "This is an automated messages, DO NOT REPLY". Guess what happens? > > > A good example is the discussion of op-eds. Many people seem to be > > unaware that the essay form generally results in a summation of the > > points, and sometimes even the first integration of the elements of the > > points, in the final paragraph. So they read the first half of the > > editorial, and conclude from this that they know what the writer was > > trying to communicate, and proceed to discuss it as if they knew all > > about it, and fall flat on their faces because they never bothered > > to finish it. > > Your thoughts? > _____________________________________________
All this reinforces the severe need for top-posting to die a sudden death. In fact , this discussion should serve as a proverbial "nail-in-the-coffin" to that very topic :-)) Phil
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