Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:46:26 -0800 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> To: Charles McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <20040319224626.GA2596@cs025_2k> In-Reply-To: <20040319223154.GA31596@yoda.anything-inc.com> References: <20040319172130.GB2044@cs025_2k> <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org> <200403191428.24150.cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> <20040319223154.GA31596@yoda.anything-inc.com>
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* Bob Collins <bobc@anything-inc.com> [2004-03-19 14:33]: > > > > It comes down to opinion I think > > --Chuck > > > > > > On Friday 19 March 2004 09:46, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > On 03/19/04 09:21 AM, Joshua Lokken sat at the `puter and typed: > > > > > > > > RFC 1855. Please, it has been requested from many users of this > > > > list, do not top post replies, but don't stop sending them ;) > > > > > > > > > I feel your pain dude. > > > > > > Lou > > > > [format broken, see above and then back down to here] > > No, it is not logical. If everyone top-posts, the email must be read in > reverse to recapture thoughts of others or points made. If twleve people > reply properly and you reply the way your `opinion' tells you too, you > have broken the path or reading, by forcing people to jump to the bottom > to refresh the last message and then back to the top to get the latest > thoughts or info. It is also quite obnoxious to review such top-posters > threads that are intermixed when looking through the archives. > > Finally, as pointed out previously, it does not follow convention. It is > much like Microsft `enhancing' an industry standard, which actually > breaks the standard. > > -- > Bob Indeed. Chuck, I'm not saying I'm going to stop reading your posts because you don't want to follow convention/etiquette, but it appears that the community at large does not feel the way you do. -- Joshua In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death -- even vegetarians. -- Spock, "Wolf in the Fold", stardate 3615.4
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