Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 17:03:10 +0000 (UTC) From: doug <doug@safeport.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Out of order posting (was:: Load 0.20 on a freshly installed idle system) Message-ID: <ad7b9db5-56a0-e450-c0fb-276ed7f5cfbd@safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20230122164001.2cbb15735780a9934989e951@sohara.org> References: <CAGAKwcjmzz%2B6NMaK2YpjWZPB282RvrKV6zQ%2BSLHsDj3zqXwvGw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGAKwcgFWukBrB_6SZVAoC4YKyPVhVMGED4aB6Z4E1fwZAO6mg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFbbPuhyJDewvE_a6MQpiGrpUew7EtxZKwt_=RHODNUyCYNduw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGAKwcghHH5t1_dtWPkOCwxPvDra%2BmgNFTQsG65i1_7pzTDkug@mail.gmail.com> <CAFbbPujMDQgo=zvSc5orcT=v3ftrVPXDjZE-D%2BUxt3%2BdOjFmUA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGAKwcid8j3C28wiypO87X9HT9Wq8cfTNHWnOQvcQgAcWrFuLw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGAKwcgZz8gujtd8gPBoC5nKxE00q1Pau6%2BiOUjxBR-UMMNpKw@mail.gmail.com> <1889CB4C-4B11-4178-8446-97DA9E5EC35A@nimnet.asn.au> <CAFbbPui=uPmKoKYo2t2KaXu=yWUT%2Ba4wksqnwvCjJpBsaALcpQ@mail.gmail.com> <20230122060127.GB8068@eureka.lemis.com> <CAFbbPui=zc5-ERz06gr1nLFy_SWuOZ67ubvoKiT2kPSubHy7bw@mail.gmail.com> <CADqw_gJ3yJLTXJ%2B4pvrb22shoWAM=bvtfPe3d=rH-5DdVnd4-g@mail.gmail.com> <CAFbbPug0dpD4Qu9JL=d0n0jmSDTYH-ZWbsEvCVfxizuUJ%2BEdpw@mail.gmail.com> <20230122164001.2cbb15735780a9934989e951@sohara.org>
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:18:00 -0500 > Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As per your last couple of statements; I agree. >> I won't however conform for the reasons already given. >> If I'm breaking the rules, "punish" me. > > It's not about rules, it's about effective communication, > interleaved posting and minimal quoting works better for this purpose in > mailing list and similar environments where the complete context is > available to all - however in corporate and other email chain like > environments full quoting is the only way to make context available and top > posting is most common. > >> The only thing people on this list would lose is the rare and occasional >> time I help someone. > > Why is it that some people take advice on effective communication > as an attempt to impose rules ? Etiquette then, if you like that word better. There is, IMO, no best way. Lawyers never delete anything, I guess (as I am not one) it gives a history of the entire conversation. Some of these emails I am asked to comment on might be several thousand words long. Do you think bottom posting is best in this case? If so it really does not matter, as that is not what they think.
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