On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Sid Boyce <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25/01/15 18:16, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >> On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, William Pretty Security wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the advice Robert! >>> >>> I am currently working thru the same page, more or less as a student >>> :-) And you suggestions sound excellent. I would be interested to >>> hear you advice on selecting Kernel build options, from the menu. Do >>> you think there is such a thing as a "default" configuration ?? >> >> NOTE: if people insist on top-posting, then for the sake of brevity, >> i'm going to wipe out everything below what i'm replying to. come on, >> folks ... top-posting is really frowned upon. >> >> anyway, i'm currently going over RCN's kernel recipe for the BBB >> using his "build_kernel.sh" script and i'm just going with the >> defaults as they are, since my goal is simply to get a bootable >> system. once all that's done, then i'll go back and look at tweaking >> kernel options. >> >> rday >> > Hi Robert, > Not all lists frown on top posting, most do not.
Then most would be wrong. > > I'll try to explain the rationale from the position of having deal with many > hundreds of emails a day encompassing diverse topics and lists in over 100 > local email folders. > > I am already familiar with the previous threads and do not have to read them > again. Most people would not be. And if I'm reading an old post, I much prefer comments in context to what they're referring too. > > If someone bottom posts I ignore the top ones and scroll down to the latest > comment as that is almost always all I need to completely understand the > flow. The goal is not to bottom post, it's to post within context. > > With a top post, I've got the message immediately. Sure, but out of context. Mailing list posts are not conversations between 2 or 3 or 4 people, they are between participants and the broader community. Only inline comments work. However, in the new world of mobile, perhaps top posting isn't the evil I've always believed it to be. > Regards > Sid. > > -- > Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot > Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support > Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach > Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
