On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, kashani wrote: > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, kashani wrote: usefulness for the inarticulate), and > > > top posting (I blame Pine). > > > > Why? > > The semi-factual answer is because bottom posting was the norm until > Pine appeared on the scene or at least that's the story according to > apocryphal Internet legend... it might even be true. However I thought the > contrast of the simple and unexplained "I blame Pine" against the flowery "a > crutch of dubious usefulness for the inarticulate" worked well and added a > light tone calculated (in my mind at least) to invite discussion rather than > flames. Also the Pine story has been brought up on this list before IIRC so it > served the dual purpose of letting those who have been around for the past > year know that I actually read these tired, boring discussions. > > All that packed into a simple statement, who knew? Maybe many pine users don't realize they can use their favorite editor to compose mail. I hated pine until I found I can use vim as editor instead of pico. With vim it's easy to navigate through the message and trim it. No excuse for top posting---I wouldn't be surprised if some top posters did it due to their editor's clumsiness.
> > And while I'm being talkative I'd like to second what Holly and a few > others have hinted at. Command of language is essential. As someone who > stumbled into the admin/network business nine years ago I can say that my > writing and language skills, specifically the lack of either, did far more to > hold my career back than any missing technical skills. > Indeed, life is harder for those of us who don't have English as first language. > kashani, still trying to get his German, Spanish, and Farsi up to speed > Good luck. -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
