Re: CPAN works fine w/http proxy on Cygwin

[Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

Linda Walsh made me read TOFU:
> ** -- note, the important part of the message, the "response" or
> "answer" comes first.  The most current and relevant information
> comes first.  The more distant the history of a discussion,
> the less important it usually becomes to the current participants.

The most relevant information is the context which is required for the 
response to have any relevance or make any sense. You have made it more 
difficult to find that information, thereby wasting my time.

> Bottomposting wastes peoples' time as they are forced to scroll
> down to find the beginning of the actual reply.

Did you have to scroll to read this? If so, your screen has less than 14 
lines of text, which is pretty sad. On my screen, this /entire e-mail/ 
fits on screen. Twice. With space left over.

*Excessive quoting* wastes people time as it forces scrolling. With a 
non-tiny screen and fast scrolling (like mouse wheels, or keyboards 
where the arrows already Do The Right Thing) takes a fraction of a 
second, *if* it is necessary. Oh, and making me hunt for what you were 
replying to also wasted my time. So did writing this. So if you don't 
believe me, GIYF (Google Is Your Friend). And since the policy of this 
list is PQORU (partial-quote over, reply under) and not TOFU, please 
respect it.

--
Matthew
<insert Larry Hall's signature here>