In article , Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>At 07:32 PM 06/02/98 +0000, Kennedy wrote:
>>
>>Is there really any reason why EVERY message on the digest has the
>>subscription and de-subscription notice tagged to it? It is often
>>needlessly quoted in replies and a recent digest contained primarily
>>quotations of the subscription notice. What a waste of bandwidth and
>>general nuisance to all readers!
>>
>
>All this requires is a little cut-'n-paste on the part of every responder
>to this list. Granted, not everyone does it, but it's learnable.
>
Of course it does, my point is that most people don't bother, so we
could avoid the problem completely by not automatically adding it to
their posts. All that is needed is for it to be there once at the start
of the digest, perhaps again at the end!
As with all media, excessive mundane information reduces the value of
the meaningful information carried.
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)
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