On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 09:32:28AM -0700, Doran L. Barton wrote:
> Not long ago, Stephen Shaw proclaimed...

> The downside of trimming and inline/bottom posting is that it
> requires effort on the part of the respondent and it is universally
> known that anything which requires effort is generally not worth
> doing to a majority of people. :-P

Perhaps that isn't a downside. If it isn't worth the work of doing it
up right, perhaps it isn't worth saying. That's the fundamental flaw
in the blogosphere: it is so easy now to put crud on the net that
people do. The result is that Ted Sturgeon is wrong only about the
specific ratio.

-- 

Charles Curley                  /"\    ASCII Ribbon Campaign
Looking for fine software       \ /    Respect for open standards
and/or writing?                  X     No HTML/RTF in email
http://www.charlescurley.com    / \    No M$ Word docs in email

Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0  809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug
Don't fear the penguin.
*/

Reply via email to