FC3 - i'm disapointed

Erich Noll enoll1 at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 13 23:05:20 UTC 2005


>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Dietrich <td at transoft.demon.co.uk>
>Sent: Jan 13, 2005 4:24 PM
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: FC3 - i'm disapointed
>
>On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 22:12, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:59 -0700, Guy Fraser wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2005-13-01 at 12:24 -0700, Kevin Fries wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > Kiryl Hakhovich wrote:
> > > > | Hey Brian,
> > > > |
> > > > | i have been testing it on :
> > > > |    - Toshiba Laptop Satellite 2805-S401 (P III , 256 RAM)
> > > > |    - Desktop Dell Optiplex GX110 (P III, 128 RAM)
> > > > |
> > > > | Both worked absolutely fine out of the box with installation of FC1.
> > > >
> > > > Also, try to bottom post.  Top posting is truly annoyning, this is not
> > > > Jepardy where you get the answer first then assertain the question.
> > >
> > > Bull.
> > > Only Type A whackos care.
> > > Take some valium.
> >
> > Guy,
> > Take some valium yourself.
> >
> > No need to restart the flame war about top/bottom posting.
> >
> > IMHO, Kevin's suggestion mirrors the desires of the majority on this
> > list.
> >
> > Jeff

>It may mirror the desires of the majority.
>
> My **only** thought on this is that *repeated* top-posters deserve Kevin's 
> admonition.  If Kevin has seen this poster top-posting, regularly (I haven't 
> looked), then great.

> If not .. give the poster a chance.  I'm guilty of not thinking sometimes, and 
> top-posting, especially if I've come from a list where the norm IS 
> top-posting.  I think I've even sent one tonight to this list top-posted by 
> mistake.  Repeated top-posting .. ask or flame.  But mistakes happen.

> If this starts another discussion, then fine.  Nothing should *ever* be 
> written in stone, and the population of this list is volatile enough that 
> anything that raised the blood pressure of one generation of subscribers 
> should be raised again and again to allow the majority to air their view ... 
> and make sure that the majority view hasn't changed.  Otherwise we get a 
> situation where the one that shouts loudest (or even the only one that 
> bothers shouting!) wins , rather than a true majority.

> -- 
> Tony Dietrich
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> > > On Thu, 2005-13-01 at 12:24 -0700, Kevin Fries wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > Kiryl Hakhovich wrote:
> > > > | Hey Brian,
> > > > |
> > > > | i have been testing it on :
> > > > |    - Toshiba Laptop Satellite 2805-S401 (P III , 256 RAM)
> > > > |    - Desktop Dell Optiplex GX110 (P III, 128 RAM)
> > > > |
> > > > | Both worked absolutely fine out of the box with installation of
FC1.
> > > >
> > > > Also, try to bottom post.  Top posting is truly annoyning, 

Here's a dumb question from someone who never knows when 
to leave well-enough alone:  Someone, I suppose Kevin Fries, said
top posting is really annoying but now that I know what top posting is:

why it is truly annoying?




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