Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-18 Thread MC Cason via Emc-users
  3 weeks ago, I asked Sherwin Williams about mixing some industrial paint to match a off-white control cabinet that I am modifying. They said that it would be no problem.  The only issue is that I need a small amount for touchup, less than a pint, and their minimum is a gallon.  I was hoping

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-18 Thread Dave Cole
or to them to test if they also lose position like the HP_UHU drives do. John -Original Message- From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] Sent: June-18-19 7:56 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order On 6/16/2019 9:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-18 Thread Gene Heskett
; > > -Original Message- > > From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] > > Sent: June-18-19 7:56 AM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > > > > On 6/16/2019 9:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I have

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-18 Thread John Dammeyer
9 7:56 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > > On 6/16/2019 9:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. > > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match th

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-18 Thread Dave Cole
On 6/16/2019 9:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the mill so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted day. No one carries this anymore. All water based. Do you

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-06-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 10:20:38 pm John Dammeyer wrote: > > Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them > > things. ;-) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-09 Thread Les Newell
Please let this thread die. This is an argument based purely on personal preference so no-one's gonna win. Let's move onto something more interesting. ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 4/8/19 3:32 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 08.04.19 05:04, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 08 April 2019 02:36:49 Erik Christiansen wrote: ... And that requires html encoding, also high discouraged on most lists. And usually skipped by this reader. Nooo-, that'd be true if it were

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
: Monday, April 08, 2019 10:20 AM To: EMC2-Users-List Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY I so much appreciate the responses. Thanks Stuart On Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 8:45 AM Ken Strauss wrote: > I completely agree; I'm delighted to get *ANY* response to my dumb > que

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Alan Condit
Thank you, > From: Dave Cole > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > Date: April 8, 2019 at 6:23:20 AM PDT > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > I read through 4 or 5 email lists on almost a daily basis. And I read > through messages whic

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
nuxcncro...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 9:23 AM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > > > > > > >> What makes that even easier is to enable HTML email and then not only > > change colour but

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Ken Strauss
I completely agree; I'm delighted to get *ANY* response to my dumb questions! > -Original Message- > From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 9:23 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order >

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Dave Cole
What makes that even easier is to enable HTML email and then not only change colour but also font. The "best" answer, of course, is to embed Javascript in an HTML email to present the data according to the preferences registered by each recipient on an SQLite database hosted on an Amazon AWS

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
eader who is too lazy to closely follow a thread and wants their > > memory refreshed with each new posting. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Erik Christiansen [mailto:dva...@internode.on.net] > > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 11:55 PM > >

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread andy pugh
e reader who is too lazy to closely follow a thread and wants their > memory refreshed with each new posting. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Erik Christiansen [mailto:dva...@internode.on.net] > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 11:55 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.s

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Ken Strauss
nal Message- > From: Erik Christiansen [mailto:dva...@internode.on.net] > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 11:55 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Posting order > > On 31.03.19 11:17, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > > A: No. > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 08.04.19 00:37, John Dammeyer wrote: > I doubt anyone writing software would like to have only a black > proportional font in their program text editor. Yet we tolerate it > for emails. John, I've earned a fat living for 30 years writing software, and still do a little for recreation. There,

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 08.04.19 05:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 08 April 2019 02:36:49 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > Granted, excessive quoting is too common on most lists. A good MUA > > does much to ameliorate the issue, though. In mutt, 'S' skips quoted > > text to the next block of reply in a flash. I also

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 08:39, John Dammeyer wrote: > What makes that even easier is to enable HTML email and then not only change > colour but also font. The "best" answer, of course, is to embed Javascript in an HTML email to present the data according to the preferences registered by each

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 April 2019 02:36:49 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 08.04.19 07:55, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > I've thought about this, and don't agree. If people are following > > this conversation, then it is fresh in their mind, and it's very > > easy to read this post. > > Err, Roland, if "it is

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 April 2019 01:55:26 Roland Jollivet wrote: > I've thought about this, and don't agree. If people are following this > conversation, then it is fresh in their mind, and it's very easy to > read this post. It irks me to have to scroll down to find where > someone actually posted. > >

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread John Dammeyer
I'll make one more comment on this and then go back to lurking on this subject. When I have a number of email conversions with a client on how to perhaps implement something or where changes are needed we usually reply to the question at the top of the email. We're way too busy to go

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 08.04.19 07:55, Roland Jollivet wrote: > I've thought about this, and don't agree. If people are following this > conversation, then it is fresh in their mind, and it's very easy to read > this post. Err, Roland, if "it is fresh in their mind", why fullquote my entire post in your reply? Does

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 31.03.19 11:17, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > A: No. > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-01 Thread John Dammeyer
Andy, > > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the mill >> so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted day. No one carries this > >anymore. > Can you get this in the US? > https://www.smithandallan.com/products/tractol-paint/1447-tractol-329- >

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-01 Thread andy pugh
I am not sure what I am meant to do any more. So I have top, middle and bottom posted to annoy everyone equally. Can you get this in the US? https://www.smithandallan.com/products/tractol-paint/1447-tractol-329-single-pack-machinery-enamel-all-colours/ (Click on the "Select colour" button to see

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-04-01 Thread Lester Caine
On 01/04/2019 01:05, John Dammeyer wrote: It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit of editing the post I agree. If top posters simply switched off 'quote message' things would be a lot tidier? The worst part is the dozens of 'sigs' that some client software does

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 22:20:38 John Dammeyer wrote: > > Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them > > things. ;-) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them things. ;-) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the mill so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 March 2019 20:05:41 John Dammeyer wrote: > > It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit > > of editing the post > > I agree. > > > Another thing---it's not just the Linux invaders who insist on > > bottom-posting---it's an age-honored tradition of the Usenet,

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> > It's not just the order of posting---it's also the courteous habit of > editing the post I agree. > > Another thing---it's not just the Linux invaders who insist on > bottom-posting---it's an age-honored tradition of the Usenet, so I am > surprised that you are surprised by it. Not

Re: [Emc-users] Posting order

2019-03-31 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 2:20 PM John Dammeyer wrote: > Personally I think that's a load of crap. Usenet and email postings are > sequential. Scrolling through hundreds of lines of text all indented with > various amounts of ">>>" depending on when it was posted is not only mind > numbing but