-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:54:12 -0500 Thomas Hart <tomhart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree. Obviously there is convention, and I will post in the style > generally accepted in the list, but to me it always made more sense > to top post. If you're keeping up on the conversation, then the > relevant information is right there, and if you weren't, it's not > that difficult to go through and catch up (it's not like the lines > are in reverse order, or the words spelled backwards or something). > > I have a great deal of respect for you Joshua, and you've helped me > out of a jam more than once, but quite frankly, that is a bit snooty > lol. Still, there is a convention here, and I can respect that, but Well I did say it might be :) > please don't insult people who see the world in a different direction > than you :-) Don't put this one on me :). This is a community thing. AndrewS reply aside, if you review the "will" of the community on this you will see that top posting is frowned upon. I will be the first to step up and pick a fight when I think the community is being dumb (just read some of my threads ;)) but on this one, I have to agree. We should discourage top posting, vehemently if needed. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate SELECT 'Training', 'Consulting' FROM vendor WHERE name = 'CMD' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXsU2ATb/zqfZUUQRAtNOAJ442Wi3GRNBPll/sFuUxl+klooryACfcGnV 4j59rc8SxJZ8w3r4DhB9VAk= =5gEu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
