Hi, 27 juin 2020 à 10:51 de to...@tuxteam.de:
> I'll take your question face value. While there are big similarities > between both, I still see at least two (small!) differences. > > 1) The subject "how long will this take" at least gives a hint > at something performance-related. The subject "have you seen > this inside..." doesn't give any hint. > > 2) In the current example, the subjet was (somewhat, see (1) for > the limitations) appropriate in the initial mail and slowly > lost relevance as the thread drifted away (it still has a bit > of relevance, since the speed of /dev/urandom is somewhere around > there). > People can try to find any justification they want, "How long will this take?" was not a "meaningful, specific subject header" either (see http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#bespecific that has been recommended multiple times on this list). > As to why they merit different treatment -- I don't know. I don't > think so. Human behaviour is messy, more so in big groups. > I think this is definitely the real reason ;) Best regards, l0f4r0
