WikiDiscuss

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:56:49PM -0700, John E Clifford wrote:
> Well, I only know what it looks like to me, namely with quoted
> material marked off with a solid line along the side.

I have no idea what that means. Perhaps you'd like to start by telling
me what mail program you're using to read these mails?

You *are* reading them as mails, right?

> The flaw in this is that it does not allow me to make comments
> directly attached to the quoted passage being commented upon,

Why don't you just insert your comments by adding lines in the middle,
like everybody else dose?

> hence the top comments. I can move them to the bottom if you would
> like that better.

Good god no.

> As for the barbarous quoting technique that somehow ages ago became
> the norm and has not changed with the times, I am not strongly
> inclined to convert to it, especially since the only person who
> regularly reads what I write has never complained about it.

If you mean xorxes, trust me, it annoys him too.

> Perhaps you all would consider getting your defective systems upgraded
> to something more 21st century.

I've already warned you about this, at least half a dozen times. I use,
run, and operate computers for my livelyhood. You are the only person
who makes insulting comments about the systems I run and the programs I
use. If you like, I will *happily* save you from having to not deal
with my "defective" systems, by globally blocking you from using
lojban.org resources.

Stop insulting my hard work. Tell me *exactly* what you are having
problems with, in private e-mail, with clearly stated issues,
preferrably including screenshots.

You cannot *imagine* the work I put into lojban.org, and you are the
only person who consistently complains, no matter what I do, and yet I
still *TRY* to help you, and I *try* to understand what your issues are.

If you insult my systems again, I will cease communicating with you, even
by proxy, and this time it will be permanent.

-Robin

> Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:36:12PM -0700, John E Clifford wrote:
> > What exactly is the problem (i.e., what is "improper")?.
>
> You top post.
>
> You don't quote properly (using >).
>
> > My stuff comes to me looking much better than the people who have so
> > many tiers of indents and arrows that it is virtually impossible to
> > figure who said what.
>
> Then your mail program is *BROKEN*, and you should fix it.
>
> > Y'all didn't like my old stuff with continental quotes; what do you
> > want?
>
> We want you to do with the rest of us are doing, because your crap is
> impossible for the rest of us to read.
>
> How many times do we have to tell you this?
>
> -Robin
>
>

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