12-06-2011, 10:40 AM
Seamus - as well as bandwidth, the DPF philosophy is based on readability.
There are entire pages at the Swamp which consist of perhaps two or three fresh comments amidst humongous nested quotes of previous posts. The reader ends up scrolling endlessly through a mass of stuff already posted and noted, just to find a throwaway line.
Once members understand the [ quote ] [/ quote ] language, it is both easy and somewhat satisfying to be able to focus one's response on the actual points they wish to address. :thumbsup:
There are entire pages at the Swamp which consist of perhaps two or three fresh comments amidst humongous nested quotes of previous posts. The reader ends up scrolling endlessly through a mass of stuff already posted and noted, just to find a throwaway line.
Once members understand the [ quote ] [/ quote ] language, it is both easy and somewhat satisfying to be able to focus one's response on the actual points they wish to address. :thumbsup:
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war