From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhub-5.iastate.edu ([129.186.140.15]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1E0iTM-0006eC-00 for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:21:32 -0400 Received: from mailout-1.iastate.edu (mailout-1.iastate.edu [129.186.140.1]) by mailhub-5.iastate.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j74GL234006504 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:21:02 -0500 Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu(129.186.144.105) by mailout-1.iastate.edu via csmap id f8a035ba_0504_11da_8c62_00304811d932_11443; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:29:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by gene3.ait.iastate.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident collins using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:20:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:57:24 -0600. Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:20:35 -0500 From: "Gene Collins" Subject: Re: Quoting X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:21:33 -0000 Steve, you are correct, but all we can do is plant ideas, we can't do people's thinking for them. The one liner messages that quote an intire thread are particularly annoying, but even the one liners themselves don't add much of anything to a thread. Having a notion of what happens when someone presses the send button is helpful. Thinking about the contents of a post before you send it is even more helpful. Gene >Gene, > >A lot of what you say I agree with. However, there is also a lot of >unnecessary list traffic that if people stopped sending it would also >have a significant impact on band width usage.