On 2/25/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Isaac Richards</b> <<a href="mailto:ijr@case.edu">ijr@case.edu</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Saturday 25 February 2006 20:28, Ken Beal wrote:<br>> Okay, so the answer to my polite request is that bandwidth is a concern.<br>> The example given was 50 KB, so I'll focus on that: 50 KB costs almost<br>> nothing to transmit, almost nothing to store, and (the text) provides value
<br>> for new readers.<br><br>Bandwidth isn't my concern (though, try 50KB x 5500 users x 200 messages / day<br>for closer bandwidth numbers for this list). Readability is.<br><br>Go to this url:<br><br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2006-February/125289.html">
http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2006-February/125289.html</a><br><br>and tell me that you can honestly read that quickly. Note the mix of top and<br>bottom posting, the multiple copies of the list footer, etc. This supposedly
<br>"reduces the burden on the user"? That's a laugh.<br><br>Additionally, top posting is quite rude to continue doing when people have<br>been asked _many_ times to not do it on this list. If I have to start<br>
enforcing rules, I will.<br><br>Isaac</blockquote><div><br><br>We've probably all wasted way too much time on this, but:<br><br>1) Issac, I had no issues reading your link. Admittedly, I was one of the posters but I did what I always do which is go to the bottom and work my way up.
<br><br>2) I'll gladly trim my e-mails if someone will just tell me what that means.<br></div><br></div><br>