Re: [gutvol-d] some questions
alex said:
Okay, feel free to fire them away at me.
oh, sure, you say that _now_... but just wait... ;+)
As far as whose emails you choose to read, I suppose that's where the warning on http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d emanates, hah. :)
well, in part, yes, but only in a very small part... the history is that i had a point of disagreement with a position held by many people here "back in the day", as the kids say, regarding x.m.l. versus "light-markup", back when everyone said x.m.l. would rule the world... the pack turned against me, in force, in a mean way, but i refused to back down, and eventually prevailed, to the point that few issue even a whimper any more. but for several _years_, the dialog was quite venomous. there were many days here when literally _dozens_ of acrimonious posts would hit the list. it was unpleasant. there's nothing quite like a mob attacking a dissenter. lee was a part of the pack, but by no means its leader, or even the worst offender. that would be _marcello_, who even mounted a "fan-site" in my "honor", but who has since had to recant entirely and adopt light-markup -- a la restructured-text -- instead of his beloved t.e.i. so that's the history, alex. but in the last 3 years or so -- ever since the pack admitted defeat and grew sullen -- this list has usually been boring rather than contentious. *** alex said:
Mobi *way* predates ePub, so if you will, ePub could be considered a "more modern" format than Mobi, not Mobi is a "dumbed down" version of ePub.
of course that's true. and lee has been around for long enough that we know that he _knows_ that is true. but he misrepresented that truth in order to make a cheap political jab, which happens to be an excellent illustration of my point about why i'll no longer bother responding to him... he is not interested in an honest discussion... -bowerbird
Thanks for your reply and elaboration on the history. Man, it was a while ago when you and Marcello had those arguments about zml/light-markup and tei/heavy-markup on here. Made for quite an interesting read. I think I was in 10th grade, maybe? Time flies :) Alex On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:53 PM, <Bowerbird@aol.com> wrote:
alex said:
Okay, feel free to fire them away at me.
oh, sure, you say that _now_... but just wait... ;+)
As far as whose emails you choose to read, I suppose that's where the warning on http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d emanates, hah. :)
well, in part, yes, but only in a very small part...
the history is that i had a point of disagreement with a position held by many people here "back in the day", as the kids say, regarding x.m.l. versus "light-markup", back when everyone said x.m.l. would rule the world...
the pack turned against me, in force, in a mean way, but i refused to back down, and eventually prevailed, to the point that few issue even a whimper any more.
but for several _years_, the dialog was quite venomous.
there were many days here when literally _dozens_ of acrimonious posts would hit the list. it was unpleasant.
there's nothing quite like a mob attacking a dissenter.
lee was a part of the pack, but by no means its leader, or even the worst offender. that would be _marcello_, who even mounted a "fan-site" in my "honor", but who has since had to recant entirely and adopt light-markup -- a la restructured-text -- instead of his beloved t.e.i.
so that's the history, alex. but in the last 3 years or so -- ever since the pack admitted defeat and grew sullen -- this list has usually been boring rather than contentious.
***
alex said:
Mobi *way* predates ePub, so if you will, ePub could be considered a "more modern" format than Mobi, not Mobi is a "dumbed down" version of ePub.
of course that's true.
and lee has been around for long enough that we know that he _knows_ that is true.
but he misrepresented that truth in order to make a cheap political jab, which happens to be an excellent illustration of my point about why i'll no longer bother responding to him... he is not interested in an honest discussion...
-bowerbird
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