richardc hates software: Some hate may have settled in transit

• From: Richard Clamp
  Date: 10:37 on 01 Apr 2007
  Subject: Some hate may have settled in transit
  
  Somehow the verdamnit subscription database got truncated while doing
  a server move.  I've kludged some stuff together by reconstructing the
  subscriber list from known haters (those of you that have posted in
  the past) this may result in extra-special bonus hate for some of you
  if you'd unsubscribed or changed addresses or whatever.
  
  So join us now in a rousing hate of the hates-software software, and
  of poor backup regimes.
  
  
  

• From: David Mackintosh
  Date: 13:20 on 01 Apr 2007
  Subject: Re: Some hate may have settled in transit
  
  
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  On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 10:37:43AM +0100, Richard Clamp wrote:
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  > So join us now in a rousing hate of the hates-software software, and
  > of poor backup regimes.
  
  Would this be an appropriate segue into hating the hates-software web
  software, which doesn't build links correctly for people with a dot
  in the user portion of their email address (ie me)?
  
  =2E..which I don't actually hate, just dislike, so I guess it isn't
  really appropriate.
  
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• From: A. Pagaltzis
  Date: 19:23 on 01 Apr 2007
  Subject: Re: Some hate may have settled in transit
  
  * David Mackintosh <David.Mackintosh@xxxxxx.xxx> [2007-04-01 14:25]:
  > Would this be an appropriate segue into hating the
  > hates-software web software, which doesn't build links
  > correctly for people with a dot in the user portion of their
  > email address (ie me)?
  
  It does a lot of things wrong, the most striking being that
  software that deals with mail is incapable of one of the most
  basic aspects of mail: handling quoted-printable text. Of course,
  it has absolutely no concept of anything beyond ASCII.
  
  Its thread rendering also makes it IMPOSSIBLE to link to replies
  in a thread; only initial posts get URIs. That makes it
  impossible to read or refer to anything in one of those
  three-week flamefests the list has seen.
  
  Which is maybe just as well.
  
  In short, the hates-software web archive is the worst mailing
  list web archive I've ever had to deal with. I tries to feel more
  webbish than others, but only succeeds in the pointy-haired boss
  sense of webbish.
  
  Regards,
  
  

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