Hi All,

On gmail threads text is automatically quoted: I have no option about
that, other than selectively quoting parts. I always make an effort to
write clearly, but more often than not, I am exhausted. I am making a
huge effort to complete netman, notwithstanding I never earned a penny
working as a programmer in my life.

Today has been a day of manual work, and I am here, struggling in vain
to get dpkg-buildpackage do its job. However, I am stuck, and due to
other work totally unrelated to computers and programming, I don't
enjoy the full concentration that I would have had, had I been
continually working on computers.

I would want to finish netman, but that depends on others wanting to
direct me. In this regard, it important to note, that like many
people, I do not use a fixed style to communicate. Even if I wanted
to, I wouldn't stick to it, as I am made in a way not to memorize such
things. I don't rely on memory, and actually have to continually
reason out things to do what I want to do. Sorry, but not every human
mind functions in the same way. The mind, like anything, adapts to
whatever abilities a person may have. If for instance, a person has a
powerful memory, that person will certainly rely on memory, but if,
like my case, a person cannot rely much on memory, that person has to
rely on logic.

Sorry, but my ability to concentrate, my energy and time are limited,
and I have more pressing errands that I cannot ignore.

Edward


On 12/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:
> Jaromil <jaromil@???> writes:
>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, Gregory Nowak wrote:
>>> I have to throw in my $0.01 here. First, like Edward, I too prefer top
>>> posting. I have noticed also that top posting seems to be an
>>> overwhelming convention on blindness-related lists. I have seen
>>> instances of bottom posters getting flamed on a blindness-related list
>>> for doing so.
>>
>> this sounds strange. since its very inception we have struggled to keep
>> Dyne.org infrastructure and practices as friendly as possible for people
>> with low or even no vision, since some of our funding members had such
>> conditions. In my experience bottom posting is fine, as screen readers
>> should be recognizing and signaling the quote prefix '>' and offer to
>> skip over it.
>
> 'Top posting' vs 'bottom posting' is a false dichotomy (could also be
> regarded as strawman): It's really "unredacted full-quote with some text
> attached", possibly even "unredacted full-quote of something completely
> unrelated" vs "reply to the text you're replying to and keep enough of
> the context that readers can understand what you are writing
> about". There are also people who put their own text below an unredacted
> full-quote but that's not really different from putting it at the top:
> Both are examples of an "can't be bothered to express myself clearly"
> mentality (Reader can figure that out! If not, screw him!).
>
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