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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:58:36 -0500 From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov> To: Alexander Harrowell <a.harrowell@gmail.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Mail-Followup-To: Alexander Harrowell <a.harrowell@gmail.com>, nanog@nanog.org In-Reply-To: <a2b2d0480701040152w10784ea8l846820dc8c24dfb2@mail.gmail.com> Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu Somewhere in the following confused ramble may actually be the only cogent argument for top-posting I've seen. On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:52:29AM +0000, Alexander Harrowell wrote: > > For those of us who read nanog from a mobile device, it's incredibly > annoying to have no content in the first few bytes - a lot of mobile > e-mail clients (all MS Windows Mobile 5 devices and every Blackberry > I've seen) pull the first 0.5KB of each message, i.e. the header, > subject line and the first few lines of text, so the user can decide > which ones are worth reading in full. > > Intention is to save bandwidth on low-speed, noncertain networks > (GPRS, 1xRTT) which also tend to be metered per-bit - spending actual > money to read something like the following is always a great way to > start the day. > > > > > > > > > > >>NANOG User wrote: > >>> > .>> > .>>> > >> > >>Steve wrote: > . > >>> > >>> > .>> > Another User temporarily inconvenienced several million electrons to > lucubrate anent following philosophy, and how clever silly synonyms > for "said" are: > > > >> > >Someone's PGP Key > > > >Someone's Smartass Sig -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.
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