Re: [cobalt-users] Why follow RFC 1855 ?

[Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:45 AM 4/6/01 -0500, Scott wrote:
> <on the soapbox>

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> Several of you note that RFC 1855 is not a
> Standard. It is not even a
> Proposed standard but, in fact it is listed as "Informational."
> Therefore
> you feel you do not have to adhere to it.

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> RFC 1855 is a better way of doing business. It
> streamlines posts by
> providing a dependable format which archives easily. It cuts out
> repetition
> and white noise. It even provides a mechanism for including emotion (yes,
> it
> encourages limited use of emoticons) to enhance a recipients
> understanding
> of the authors intent.

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This is my last post on this topic:

I think I was the first to point out that RFC 1855 is
informational.  My point was that following it is a courtesy, not a
requirement.  It is not necessarily the work of an "old time
god" or "a consensus of Internet users."

The problem I have with this whole debate is that it has become somewhat
of a holy war, and is, in my opinion, a complete waste of our time and
bandwidth.  It has gotten to the point where it is like people
trying to convince each other which OS is better.  

I think it is a great idea for there to be a "standard" method
for posting to the list, but I also realize that there will always be
people who will not adhere to it.  I can deal with that.

Replies on this list to top posts often seem to be completely content
free:

    "You top posted -- do it again and I'll nuke you
back to the stone ages."

That's a waste of bandwidth and a waste of our time.

Maybe Cobalt should change the list footer to:

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Anyone willing to put together an anti-top poster sig for
us all to use?

Peter

"Let's just whip 'em out and see whose is really the
biggest"