On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
Hi,
Am 25.02.2012 12:30, schrieb Caesar:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote
What I meant was it feels mean to say that someone values a person's
contributions so little that they have an automatic deletion filter on
all of their
...@hiwaay.net wrote:
From: Caesar cae...@hiwaay.net
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 11:30
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting
not have considered significant.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 25/2/12, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote:
From: Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 12:04
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:04:40 +0100, Stefan Weigel
stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:
Top posting:
Hi,
Am 25.02.2012 12:30, schrieb Caesar:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote
What I meant was it feels mean
.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sat, 25/2/12, Caesar cae...@hiwaay.net wrote:
From: Caesar cae...@hiwaay.net
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 11:30
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas
Marc Grober m...@interak.com writes:
Frankly listservs make very poor knowledge bases for the obvious
reasons, hence the efforts by some in other communities to distill the
problem/resolution couplet into dynamic online docs where a user will
find current comprehensive succinct and useful
On 02/25/2012 06:30 AM, Caesar wrote:
If a poster insists that he be able to post in a manner that I find
confusing and offensive,
I can't even type it
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On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaaslarry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
I
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
and...@pitonyak.org wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top
posting:
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaaslarry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
I avoid the aggravation by having posts from
On 2012-02-22 8:53 PM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote:
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to
continue top posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done
as an IT professional for the past 40 years and that if that upsets
them they should seek professional
: Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 13:35
On 2012-02-22 8:53 PM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote:
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to
continue top posting
It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has suggested,
consider the actual guidelines as opposed to pontificating upon them as if they
were running a gulag
Hail and farewell
On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:35 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote:
On 2012-02-22
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote:
From: Marc Grober m...@interak.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 15:17
It would appear
From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thu 2/23/2012 10:39 AM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote:
From: Marc
Foote vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu
Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 16:56
Tom,
As a fellow users list taking content in my email stream, I have no issue
with your chosen style of participation and with rare exception find
On 2012-02-23 10:17 AM, Marc Grober m...@interak.com wrote:
It would appear that true professionals should, as I think Tom has
suggested, consider the actual guidelines
that is precisely the point... the list guidelines for this list are to
bottom post with appropriate trimming (aka
On 23/02/2012 17:39, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
+1
+1 to what?
It can not be the post which was below which I read as being a bit
sarcastic, as Tom seems to ignore the guide lines.
Tom does a lot of posts and I suggest that he considers my points below
instead of just looking at providing a
Diversity breeds serendipity! as a
sort of 'war'-cry?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote:
From: Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:50
Hi,
Am 23.02.2012 19:55, schrieb Werner F. Bruhin:
Lists like this are a great archive and should be promoted as such,
but I seriously think they loose a lot of interest with all this top
posting which makes it difficult to find if the problem is the same
as the one, one tries to find a
from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 23/2/12, Werner F. Bruhin werner.bru...@free.fr wrote:
From: Werner F. Bruhin werner.bru...@free.fr
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:55
On 23/02/2012 17:39, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
+1
+1
On 2012-02-23 12:57 PM Tom Davies wrote:
It's not worth flogging a dead horse. He will not attempt to consider anyone
else's point of view and if you dare to disagree he will just block you too.
Hmmm, it might be wrth aiming for that now i think about it.
Trying to get you to follow
...@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thu 2/23/2012 1:11 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
Hi :)
With that trimming you will never know the answer to the question because it is
out of context and forces anyone trying to answer to dig up the email where
, Tanstaafltansta...@libertytrek.org wrote:
From: Tanstaafltansta...@libertytrek.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 18:50
On 2012-02-23 10:17 AM, Marc Groberm...@interak.com wrote:
It would appear that true professionals
:
From: Jean-Louis Oneto jl.on...@free.fr
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2012, 22:23
I fully agree with Tom and this list sounds more and more like a
dictatorship-governed one: do it my way of f*ck off. I will probably f
On 2012-02-22 1:19 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Most people and especially those that are new to the lists will
top-post because that is what they are most familiar with. Office
workers have almost never seen any alternative. Unless the office apps
are not aimed at office users then it's
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a
constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of
quote levels for the message replied to is reprehensible. You show utter
On 22/02/2012, T. R. Valentine trvalent...@gmail.com wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
Your persistent top posting in reply to an inline posted thread shows a
constant disregard for convention. Your failure to correct your lack of
quote levels for
So what is the polite way to tell someone that one is going to continue top
posting as one may feel appropriate as one may have done as an IT professional
for the past 40 years and that if that upsets them they should seek
professional assistance?
On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:28 PM, e-letter
On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaaslarry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
I avoid the aggravation by having posts from Tom Davies automatically
deleted.
Now that is cold...
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On 2011-09-10 1:01 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote:
No wait, that is in account settings. probably a better place for it
than in the global preferences.
No, because certain accounts you may want to treat differently.
Off hand, i would say that it should be configurable
On 2011-09-10 1:36 AM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com wrote:
QuoteCollapse collapses all but the last post in the thread. Works great
on lists where people do not trim the messages they are replying to.
I agree, been using it for many years...
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On 09/10/2011 09:59 AM, Twayne wrote:
In
news:1910892523-1315498044-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1807574881-@b2.c1.bise7.blackberry,
Onyeibo Okutwoho...@gmail.com typed:
Sorry, this is another top-post. I agree totally but you
need to give people benefit of doubt too (like in my
On 9/11/11 1:48 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
If you want bottom posting, and only bottom posting, then LO should make
that as a clear decision and then that should be communicated when you
sign up, and, it should be posted on a FAQ. Then, when some uninformed
person top posts, a nicely
In
news:1910892523-1315498044-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1807574881-@b2.c1.bise7.blackberry,
Onyeibo Oku twoho...@gmail.com typed:
Sorry, this is another top-post. I agree totally but you
need to give people benefit of doubt too (like in my case
... I'm mobile and the mail app on
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO
MailingListGuidelines Page?
In
news:1910892523-1315498044-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1807574881-@b2.c1.bise7.blackberry,
Onyeibo Oku twoho...@gmail.com typed:
Sorry, this is another top-post. I agree totally but you
On 2011-09-09, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:43:28PM +0100, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Dave Douglas wrote:
How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in.
I asked one
On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
doesn't properly do anything right for places like this.
I think that single paragraph explains why this
On 2011-09-09 12:21 AM Dave Sergeant wrote:
I think that single paragraph explains why this thread has become so
heated. YOU are reading this list on a NEWSGROUP. But the list is also
available as a EMAIL LIST and an archive of that same EMAIL LIST on
Nabble. I would hazard a guess that the
On 09/08/2011 11:37 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
MSOffice is widely used, dont use LibreOffice then.
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On 09/09/2011, Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
doesn't properly do anything right for places like
On 2011-09-08 8:04 PM, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom?
I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something about
how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe.
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On 09/09/2011 02:52 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Another thing. Does anyone actually read those links at the bottom?
I only look at them if and when I have a desire to learn something about
how the list works - like, maybe, how to unsubscribe.
And let's notice it's a bit longer than de 4 lines of
On 09/08/2011 10:50 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
The headers state that you are using YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625
That is not an email client.
It is, sorry. It's a web based MUA.
That is an online web mail service (and a
very poor one. Gmail works much better).
On 09/08/2011 09:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
I use a standard email client
Do you even know what's a standard?
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On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it happens occasionally or less, you're right. But, if too many
people don't
On 9/9/11 7:04 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:50 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
The headers state that you are using YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625
That is not an email client.
It is, sorry. It's a web based MUA.
That is an online web mail service
On 9/9/11 2:40 AM, e-letter wrote:
Anyway, reading the press about the demise of yet
another md of yahoo,
md= ?
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On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it happens occasionally or less, you're
On 9/9/11 12:21 AM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011 at 14:31, Ken Springer wrote:
With all due respect Tom, the problem is you and the tools you've chosen
to use for replying to newsgroups. Yahoo Mail just plain sucks and
doesn't properly do anything right for places like this.
I think
On 9/9/11 1:54 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 11:37 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
MSOffice is widely used, dont use LibreOffice then.
Uhm, Tom Davies wrote that. :-)
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On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 6:21 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
Well, anyway, when someone fails to read the .sig, or follow some other
rule, other people just point them what they missed, and everyone moves
on. It's not a big deal.
When it
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people
who would rather subscribe through a web interface.
An idea would be,
:01 AM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO
MailingList Guidelines Page?
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
lists
From: Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I
On 2011-09-09, Dave Douglas wrote:
How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in.
I asked one question got no help. PLEASE take me off the list!
To get off this list, you have to *unsubscribe*.
Dave Douglas wrote (09-09-11 18:25)
How Does one get off this list? I have done everything suggested and
still my email box is filled with discussions I have no interest in. I
asked one question got no help. PLEASE take me off the list!
The same way as you subscribed, only the effect is in the
On 9/9/11 10:01 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 9:19 AM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some people who don't know the rules and aren't used to mailing
lists (which includes looking for guidelines before posting) are people
who would rather subscribe through
by =.
Hopefully that helpsGood luck and regards fromTom :)
--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 01:37:51PM -0600, Larry Gusaas wrote:
On 2011-09-08 1:12 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable
from the message. By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been
clearer which were your answers.
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 07:58:52PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults. There
are likely to be more people using such systems as LibreOffice becomes more
popular. Hold onto your hats!
Is someone holding a gun to your head to
On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
rather than try
to alienate new users surely?
I dont agree with you.
There are
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
rather than try
to alienate new users
On 9/9/11 5:33 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
On 2011-09-09, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 2:40 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
On 09/08/2011 10:42 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 04:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
This list should allow people to use what they are familiar with
On 2011-09-09 7:12 PM Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/9/11 5:33 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote:
I guess some programs will have an option to collapse quoted text. I
suggest searching in addons.mozilla.org for a thunderbird extension that
does that (I thought QuoteColors did it, but apparently it doesn't).
On 8 Sep 2011 at 8:45, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
For long threads, scrolling down to the bottom to read the new stuff is
a pain. But if you want to top post, or bottom post, to each his own.
This list seems to suffer from long sections of quoted text with
sometimes just
On 9/8/11 6:45 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
For long threads, scrolling down to the bottom to read the new stuff is
a pain.
But if you want to top post, or bottom post, to each his own.
It seems to me, an inherent problem with this kind of free for all in
posting styles
On 09/08/2011 04:24 PM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
For long threads, scrolling down to the bottom to read the new stuff is
a pain. But if you want to top post, or bottom post, to each his own.
This list seems to suffer from long sections of quoted text with
sometimes just a single line of new
On 2011-09-08, Dave Sergeant wrote:
On 8 Sep 2011 at 8:45, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
[...] I am told by the way that top posting is
far preferable to disabled people using reading aids, as they hardly
want all the old stuff spoken by their machine before they get to
Hi, Tom,
On 9/8/11 6:13 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Top posting is fine. Almost everyone top-posts except some people in a few
OpenSource mailing lists. If you need to communicate with anyone that works in
an office then you probably have to top-post otherwise they will probably just
ignore your
On 9/8/11 7:33 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Often you already know roughly what is going on and only need to read the latest
post.
If you're following only one thread/subthread in the messages, and have
been able to keep up. :-D But I follow a lot of things, in a lot of
places, and I often have
On 9/8/11 8:03 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Over the past few months there has been a steadily increasing amount of
top-posting.
It is not just one or 2 people. Outside of LibreOffice and OpenSource everyone
else uses
top-post almost exclusively. Smart phones make it difficult to post any other
On 9/8/11 8:20 AM, Chris Morgan wrote:
In most cases top-posting is preferable. However, in this 'list'
environment, bottom-posting
and selective quoting works better for retaining context. However, we
cannot enforce this
without alienating the very people this list is aimed at (ie everyone),
so
On 09/08/2011 05:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
I think the core problems of this dilemma of where to post is lack of
education, and lack of enforcement of the rules.
Oh Ken, thay got education! but the kind of education saying:
Well, let's quickly reply: the correcpondant will always understand
On 9/8/11 9:31 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
On 09/08/2011 05:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
I think the core problems of this dilemma of where to post is lack of
education, and lack of enforcement of the rules.
Oh Ken, thay got education! but the kind of education saying:
Well, let's
scrolling at all.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote:
From: Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 16
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be scrolled
through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in their
opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person reading).
Top posting
On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant
(in their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of
there and being used?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote:
From: Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 18:53
-sigh- let's see if I can get this attribution thing
fixed... gnus-outlook-deuglify-article couldn't process this message
On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote:
On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
On 2011-09-08 12:10 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts yet as
his arguments are already countered in previous posts.
Bullshit. You continually do not show the proper attribution in the posts you reply to. You
have not countered
? Is LibreOffice not meant to be used in offices by
office workers?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page
On 2011-09-08 2:10 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
No, he didn't. He just showed that he has not read any of the posts
yet as his arguments are already countered in previous posts.
Coming from you - someone who pretends that top posting advocates
advocate blindly top-posting,
On 2011-09-08 2:58 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Why are people in here so determined to make things unpleasant and
difficult for normal office workers?
Why should 'normal office workers' be exempt from general rules of
common courtesy?
Sorry, Tom, you're a lazy ass, and a
On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting
might be. The fact is that it is widely used especially by office
workers.
I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults.
There
workers? Is LibreOffice not meant to be used in offices by
office workers?
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Nuno J. Silvanunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote:
From: Nuno J. Silvanunojsi...@ist.utl.pt
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page
: Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List
Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 19:38
On 2011-09-08 12:10 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
No, he didn't. He just showed that he has
Hi :)
+1
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com wrote:
From: Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing
List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September
On 2011-09-08 1:12 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable from
the message. By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been clearer
which were your answers.
Every line of the post I am replying to has a in front of it if
On 2011-09-08 12:58 PM Tom Davies wrote:
Hi:)
I use a standard email client in a standard way set on it's defaults. There
are likely to be more people using such systems as LibreOffice becomes more
popular. Hold onto your hats!
The headers state that you are using YahooMailClassic/14.0.5
On 9/8/11 1:09 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Some of you have convinced me to use top posting, since it is better.
Some of you have convinced me to use bottom posting, since it is better.
Some of you have convinced me to do snipping, since it is better.
Obviously there isn't a black and white
On 9/8/11 1:12 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi:)
Look, the interspersed answers from Larry are practically unidentifiable from
the message.
By posting at the top (or bottom) it would have been clearer which
were your answers.
Sometimes interspersing becomes possible if i notice the other persons
On 9/8/11 12:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
snip
Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting might be.
The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers.
So, if painting graffiti all over walls and buildings was widely done,
you'd be OK with them painting
On 08/09/2011, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hi :)
Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant (in
their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the person
reading).
On 08/09/2011, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
...
Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting might
be. The fact is that it is widely used especially by office workers. Do we
want to stop office workers from using LibreOffice? Alienating them would
be a
Hi All,
On 09/08/2011 04:23 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
*My Big Concern* here is how are we being perceived by those who come
here for help by the amount of time that has been spent on this thread
today. I was one of the first responders last night. Never did I dream
when I went to bed last night
On 9/8/11 6:04 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
Hi All,
On 09/08/2011 04:23 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
*My Big Concern* here is how are we being perceived by those who come
here for help by the amount of time that has been spent on this thread
today. I was one of the first responders last night. Never did
On 09/07/2011 05:02 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
Added Note: I've set the 'Followup-to' on this message to the discuss
list as I think that is more the appropriate location for continued
discussion of the issue. But I posted here initially on the users list
as this is the list that really needs the
On 09/07/2011 08:13 PM, NoOp wrote:
On 09/07/2011 05:02 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
Added Note: I've set the 'Followup-to' on this message to the discuss
list as I think that is more the appropriate location for continued
discussion of the issue. But I posted here initially on the users list
as this
On 09/07/2011 07:33 PM, planas wrote:
Hi
On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 21:29 -0400, Don Myers wrote:
...
Hi All,
I will respect your wishes about posting at the bottom. I live in the
US. I do a lot of work e-mails in my job, and receive a lot of work
e-mails. I never receive any e-mails where
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