Actually, I have had a rather pleasant conversation with a gentleman offline. It is folks who post things like this which offer nothing constructive that encourage a flame war. Sometimes if you don't have anything useful to contribute, it's just best, well, not to contribute. On 06/14/2010 01:32 PM, bruce wrote: > oh my gawd!!! > > are we doin a top/bottom post flame war again!!! > > alright.. all who are frmo san fran.. which do you like, top, or bottom!! > > and what about people who like diagonal posting.. > > and how about side posting... for those who can't make up their minds... > > any others that have been left out?? > > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Tim<ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 12:07 -0500, Dale J. Chatham wrote: >> >>> But to answer your question, I have *NEVER* posted this way. You're >>> fighting over 15 years of training to do it otherwise. >>> >> Hmm, couldn't have been a real usenet user then... >> >> >>> But, given 15 years, and this being the *ONLY* list (of upward of 50 >>> that I'm on) that insists on this standard, well, do the math. >>> >> And I've been on dozens of lists, of which none of them used top >> posting. >> >> By the way, despite the "bottom posting" name, the idea is *not* to >> quote all of the prior message and respond under it. But to remove all >> of the prior post that isn't needed for your reply. Like I've done. >> >> Better still, is to intersperse your responses with the bits you're >> responded to, like I did (otherwise known as "usenet style" posting). >> >> Or, for those cases, where you're replying to a huge amount of waffle >> that defies easy editing, *briefly* summarise it before your response. >> Those who really need to see the entire prior message can look at the >> actual prior message. >> >> Then the next person gets to read a coherent conversation, top to >> bottom, and doesn't have to scroll up and down, all over the place, to >> make sense of replies disconnected from what they're responding to. >> >> order. >> this >> in >> conversations >> read >> world >> western >> mainstream >> the >> in >> us >> of >> None >> >> We don't put books back to front, nor the paragraphs. >> >> -- >> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r >> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 >> >> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I >> read messages from the public lists. >> >> >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> >> -- Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803 There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -- Ed Howdershelt (Author) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
