On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 11:51 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 11:47 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 16:00 -0600, linuxguy wrote: > > >> Never mind, the input file was corrupt. It works fine with a good > > >> file. > > >> > > >> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 15:43 -0600, linuxguy wrote: > > >>> I'm trying to "rip" a flash video file into an audio mp3 file. > > >>> > > >>> I'm using ffmpeg > > > > > > It's been a few days since anybody made this point, so I'd just like to > > > say: > > > > > > *Please* don't top-post. > > > > > > Thank you for your cooperation. > > > > > This was correct usage of top posting. It prevented people from wasting > > time reading through a post, thinking about the problem, etc. Please > > stop complaining about correct use of top posting, it wastes bandwidth > > and reader time. > > Sorry Bill, but I disagree (surprise). In what way does the reader gain > by looking only at the first line, without understanding what the > message is about? If the context is needed, you need to look at it. If > it's not needed, it shouldn't be there. If it's there anyway, scrolling > or paging to the bottom still works. > > Top-posting is used IMHO because a) some mailers encourage it (including > Evolution, but I've managed to persuade the devs to include an option to > turn it off in a future version), or b) because the poster can't be > bothered editing his message. > > I don't take a pedantic view of top-posting in every context, in fact I > often use it myself on personal messages, but this is a high-traffic > mailing-list with certain rules. > > I'll shut up now. I have to agree with poc, but more for the reason that many initial "top-posters" to this list have no clue towards the "correct" usage (per the list rules of this particular list) of posting top vs bottom period. But, you did find the solution to a problem and posting at the bottom may be "more" correct as sometimes a problem IS a corrupted file and to check for it, as a rule. Bottom post would have led the gentle readers from problem (at the top) to solution (at the bottom) for google seekers as well as for posterity. That's only my two cents, :) Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ----------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
