At 11:40 AM 2002-07-13 -0700, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
>On 7/13/02 11:12 AM, "Nick Simicich" <njs@scifi.squawk.com> wrote:
>
> > By the way, I will send a separate copy of this in large red helvitica
> > (actually arial) to Chuq.
>
>I'm really impressed that Nick can keep track of the personal mailing
>preferences of the hundreds of people he e-mails over a couple of months. I
>wish I could -- but even if I had the time, my memory simply isn't capable
>of it. I salute you, Nick, that you can actually keep track of all this
>stuff.
No, it is so unusual for someone to actually want people to mail you a copy
of list replies offlist that it is no trouble at all. I need only remember
one.
>Me, I have to depend on the silly idea that if a person wants their email
>done a certain way, they set up their mail client to make it be that way,
>since the mail client is under their control, and the faulty, human memories
>of the hundreds of people that e-mail me aren't.
My point is that the whole concept of replying to list members and to
individuals is essentially broken. It seems to be "mannerly" to clean up
your headers if you are going to hit "reply-to-all".
And large red html, that is even easier to keep track of. :-)
>Chuq
>
>--
>Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
>chuqui@plaidworks.com -- http://www.chuqui.com/
>
>IMHO: Jargon. Acronym for In My Humble Opinion. Used to flag as an opinion
>something that is clearly from context an opinion to everyone except the
>mentally dense. Opinions flagged by IMHO are actually rarely humble. IMHO.
> (source: third unabridged dictionary of chuqui-isms).
--
"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of
nature!"
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Nick Simicich - njs@scifi.squawk.com
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