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On Montag 22 Dezember 2008, b.n. wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann ha scritto: |
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> >> And what's even worse, instead of people concerning about that and how |
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> >> to solve the situation in the future, there is a lot of people giggling |
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> >> and behaving like "OMG H4X0RZ" against the "lame n00b" , ignoring the |
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> >> fact that not everyone in this world has been born uttering his first |
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> >> words on Usenet. |
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> > just search for 'html mail' in this list's archive, please? |
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> And how could have him searched this if he was completely unaware that |
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> html email was actually a problem? |
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he claims to be subscribed to this list for how long? two years? And he missed |
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all the 'don't post html' mails? That is not easy to do. |
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> His problem could *also* having been caused by html, if people filter |
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> html mail out. |
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some do, most don't. Most are just pissed. |
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> > since this list has hundreds, maybe thousands recipients - yes, |
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> > complaining is justified. |
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> Sure, we live in the world of bittorrent and youtube, it will surely be |
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> some kb of text here and there that will clog the Series of Tubes. |
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> Please, you're kidding me. |
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and some people still have to deal with dial up connections - the great world |
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of capitalism. Also, everything has to go over a few sponsored servers. And |
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traffic is not free. |
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> Anyone having a problem with html mail should, if wanting to be taken |
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> seriously: |
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> - detail explicitly why his/her mail client cannot be configured to |
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> render html email as plain-text and explain explicitly why he/she's |
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> locked to such a poor client |
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> - otherwise, explicitly admit that is a personal irrational idiosyncracy |
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> (just like mine is: I don't like html mails, but there's no real |
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> rational behind that, I just find plain text clearer) |
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I don't like english and want everybody speaking german! Start now! I demand |
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it!. |
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If you think that this demands are stupid, reread your part above. |
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> >> I understand the fascination with the Ancient Unix Tools, but don't you |
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> >> think a bit more elasticity is worthwile in 2009? |
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> > elasticity like - first thinking, than attacking everybody? |
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> He didn't attack anyone. He was extremly polite, just shocked by the |
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> fact that no one informed him of this unwritten rule. |
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emm.. no. |
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