18 Sep
2012
18 Sep
'12
6:14 p.m.
why would I intentionally make posts difficult to read, being Im looking for responses to
sometimes obscure queries?? Yahoo upgraded itself recently and no longer inserts the
conventional >. Sorry I refuse to do that manually. Perhaps theres a setting I could
alter. I saw an Australian bloke post as Ive been, even when it wasnt apparently
necessary, on the usenet, and figured it was appropriate. It never seemed unreadable to
me.
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 2:05 PM PDT Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
From: "geneb": Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:52 PM
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
C:\DERP> I don't understand the question. If it's "what am I
quoting?" -
Byte January 1984, p.8
He's politely asking why you quote replies like you've got a mental disorder.
I had assumed he's reading his email in HTML or some client that uses color to
indicate quoting. Then when it arrives here there's no color, leaving nothing but that
C: to mark his stuff. Depending on how he handles line wraps, that would also explain why
there's only one C: on the first line of each segment he writes.
Or, he could be deliberately using a difficult-to-read style to troll us.
In which case, he's succeeded.
Vince
19 Sep
19 Sep
9:04 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
why would I intentionally make posts difficult to read, being Im looking
for responses to sometimes obscure queries?? Yahoo upgraded itself
recently and no longer inserts the conventional >. Sorry I refuse to do
that manually. Perhaps theres a setting I could alter. I saw an
Australian bloke post as Ive been, even when it wasnt apparently
necessary, on the usenet, and figured it was appropriate. It never
I call bullshit. Every post you've quoted (dating back at least 6+
months) has had the same, completely unfathomable quoting style. You've
been called on it before. Nobody else on this list that uses Yahoo has an
issue with quoting properly.
g.
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12:08 p.m.
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012, geneb wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
Yahoo did make a lot of changes, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of
the doubt. That said, I have to agree that no one else that I know who
uses Yahoo's email has had this issue. Perhaps Chris accidentally set a
non-standard quoting character in the preferences? Yahoo's web interface
likely prettifies/colorizes/indents quoted text, so the quoting itself
would be hidden from view.
why would I intentionally make posts difficult to
read, being Im
looking for responses to sometimes obscure queries?? Yahoo upgraded
itself recently and no longer inserts the conventional >. Sorry I
refuse to do that manually. Perhaps theres a setting I could alter. I
saw an Australian bloke post as Ive been, even when it wasnt apparently
necessary, on the usenet, and figured it was appropriate. It never
I call bullshit. Every post you've quoted (dating back at least 6+
months) has had the same, completely unfathomable quoting style.
You've been called on it before. Nobody else on this list that uses
Yahoo has an issue with quoting properly.
1:03 p.m.
________________________________
From: Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net
Yahoo did make a lot of changes, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
That said, I have to agree that no one else that I know who uses Yahoo's email has had
this issue. Perhaps Chris accidentally set a non-standard quoting character in the
preferences? Yahoo's web interface likely prettifies/colorizes/indents quoted text, so
the quoting itself would be hidden from view.
C: I changed one setting under "Options" ("When replying &
forwarding:Quote the text of the original message"). Either it takes time to kick in,
or it won't solve the problem. I'm open to suggestions. But, and as I'm being
criticized for improper etiquette, wouldn't it make the most sense for drama queens
like Liam to issue healthy (or unhealthy) critiques offlist??? He accuses me of
evangelizing, which isn't exactly accurate, but whatever the case (and we yet still do
enjoy freedoms here in the US), we did have this back and forth for over a week, after
which he told me never to e-mail him again - then I find yet another reply sitting in my
spam folder I think it was. His sending these uber-retarded atheist cartoons shouldn't
have been looked on as him trying to "evangelize" me into atheism (LOL LOL LOL),
should it???. Then there was his accusing me of defecating on dinner tables in posh London
town homes. I mean get real. Learn to give and take in
this life. Grown up.
1:39 p.m.
________________________________
From: Chris Tofu <rampaginggreenhulk at yahoo.com>
this is a test
this is another test
12:52 p.m.
________________________________
From: geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com>
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
why would I intentionally make posts difficult to read, being Im looking for responses to
sometimes obscure queries?? Yahoo upgraded itself recently and no longer inserts the
conventional >. Sorry I refuse to do that manually. Perhaps theres a setting I could
alter. I saw an Australian bloke post as Ive been, even when it wasnt apparently
necessary, on the usenet, and figured it was appropriate. It never
I call bullshit.? Every post you've quoted (dating back at least 6+ months) has had
the same, completely unfathomable quoting style.? You've been called on it before.?
Nobody else on this list that uses Yahoo has an issue with quoting properly.
g.
C: Who's "called me on it"??? Cite your reference please (and if you really
want a load of b.s. - )
?Besides, if I were disposed to sit there and delete the arrows from EACH AND EVERY LINE,
it's my prerogative. Don't tell me how to post.
?Do you think before you post anything??? Do you REALLY BELIEVE I delete the arrows from
every line??!! Do you really believe I do that (it's the only possibility other then
what I'm stating is true), just to be a pain??!!
1:41 p.m.
New subject: Hulk quoting style [Re: I meant Scion PC 640 was Re: Psion PC 640]
?Besides, if I were disposed to sit there and delete
the arrows from
EACH AND EVERY LINE, it's my prerogative. Don't tell me how to post.
We're not telling you how to post.
We're telling you how to post in order to get us to actually pay
attention to what you say.
Of course, that's assuming you really are "looking for responses to
sometimes obscure queries", as you put it. Rather than, say, trolling,
a theory which is getting more plausible to me with each post from you.
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2:06 p.m.
New subject: IT'S NOT MY STYLE Re: Hulk quoting style [Re: I meant Scion PC 640 was Re: Psion PC 640]
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From: Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org>
?Besides, if I were disposed to sit there and delete
the arrows from
EACH AND EVERY LINE, it's my prerogative.? Don't tell me how to post.
We're not telling you how to post.
We're telling you how to post in order to get us to actually pay
attention to what you say.
Of course, that's assuming you really are "looking for responses to
sometimes obscure queries", as you put it.? Rather than, say, trolling,
a theory which is getting more plausible to me with each post from you.
C: Believe whatever you want. But to believe that I intentionally erase the arrows is
beyond insane.
???? I don't know how many times I have to say I'm not going to intentionally make
my posts hard to read, but my stating "don't tell me how to post" is a
response to the bickering that seems to accompany nearly everything I do (or *don't
do*). I changed the setting, and you saw the results (EVERYTHING followed arrows), so I
had to change it back. There's nothing I can do at this point, except contact Yahoo
maybe.
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