I sticky this thread as retarded. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Apparently you can't read. I didn't say you were an > idiot for running your own server. Only that you > were an idiot to use your server to download > tons of crap from lists that you don't want to > read when for free you can have it stored elsewhere. > > I have a server, and a domain (several) and lots of > other cool stuff. I got tired of wasting cpu cycles > and disk space, considering that maybe 1 out of 20 > messages actually interests me. You guys always > complain about wasted bandwidth. Well if you use > yahoo or gmail or aol then you don't waste any bandwidth > of your own. You just read what you want to read. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:31:58 -0600 > Subject: Re: A Riddle > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:� > � > >-----Original Message-----� > >From: Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>� > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:59:59 +0100� > >Subject: Re: A Riddle� > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:� > >>> --- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:� > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:� > >>> > Hmm, I wonder if the lack of performance, or the� > >>> unwanted� > >>> > emails were more heavily weighted in the� > >>> decision?� > >>> >� > >>> > If there was any intelligent life on the list you� > >>> could� > >>> > counter what you call "Trolls" with solid technical� > >>> > arguments. This reminds me of the old bsdi� > >>> > list. A bunch of half-wits who are just happy� > >>> > to belong to something and have other half-wits� > >>> > to correspond with.� > >>> >� > >>> > FreeBSD used to have open discussions between� > >>> > users and developers and it used to be real� > >>> > good. Now it sucks and the developers are� > >>> > detached, off in their own little world. See� > >>> > a pattern?� > >>> >� > >>> > But with a user base from places like gnu-rox.org� > >>> > and makeworld.com, what do you expect I� > >>> > guess?� > >> > Please have a look at your own email address.� > >>> As an aside, all of the major web mail providers� > >>default to "top posting". Google (ever hear� > >>of them?) only shows the top N lines of a post.� > >>So if you bottom post, you don't see the message� > >>you want to see� > >>without having to make an effort. So when are� > >>you troglodytes going to climb out of your� > >>1994 hibernations and get with the times?� > >> > They don't default to top posting, they put� > >the cursor on top, so you can read the whole� > >message and cut irrelevant parts before replying.� > >> If Google doesn't display the whole message,� > >the interface is crap. That's not the fault of� > >anybody on this list.� > >>> You may prefer one over the other, but its� > >>hardly a capital offense to do otherwise. Most� > >>of us have evolved out of our unix newsreaders.� > >> > If you want to be read by as many people� > >as possible on this list, the easiest way is� > >to write well formed mails.� > >> Unfortunately, you are not only top posting,� > >your mailing software also inserts line breaks� > >where there shouldn't be any and makes it� > >hard to see who wrote what.� > >> Have a look at the beginning of this mail.� > >Your quotation is a mess.� > >>> Anyone with a brain is using web mail for� > >>mailing lists these days: no more whining� > >>about spam or "wasted bandwidth".� > >> > Having a brain is good, but using it is even better.� > >If the web interface produces garbage, changing� > >the interface could be a smart move.� > >> Just my two brainless cents.� > >> Fabian� > >-- > http://www.fabiankeil.de� > >� > *** Formatted correctly for ease of reading ***� > � > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:� > >WRONG on all counts!� > >� > >Firstly, anyone who uses their own server for lists is� > >a complete idiot.� > � > So - according to YOU, most all of us that run our own servers are > idiots. Yanno what? You sound like the type that is forced to use his > parents PC, Forced to use AOL, and forced to use web mail.� > � > So - since YOU can't have what most of us can and do have, you feel the > need to lash out and verbally abuse.� > � > This is a classic case of the have-nots are beside them selfs over the > haves.� > � > It's one thing to say something like:� > � > It's my opinion that (insert rhetoric here)� > � > Then to make a sweeping generalization as you just did. Shows us what > kind a man (or boy) you are.� > � > Grow up - show some respect, don't insult - you will live longer when > you do join society.� > � > And, as I said before - even tho you may bash us, think you are > superior to us - we still love you anyways.� > � > Oh, and have a great day!� > � > -- Best regards,� > Chris� > � > If on an actuarial basis there is a 50 50 chance that� > something will go wrong,� > It will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.� > _______________________________________________� > [email protected] mailing list� > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions� > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"� > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" +----------==/\/\==----------+ (__) FreeBSD | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | \\\'',) The | Kernel ESCAFLOWNE | \/ \ ^ Power | Web http://unixdaemon.org | .\._/_) To +----------==\/\/==----------+ Serve
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