Don't you punks read the archives??
http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=106579709910174&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=107902806617669&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=109556769132522&w=2
There's always someone who gets their nickers all bunched up with
respect to top posting :B
Cheers,
Rob.
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 11:15 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> My thoughts exactly, TG. I was just thinking about that this
> morning, in fact --- exactly the stuff you said.
>
> That aside, I started using a DSL/Knoppix distro to modify to
> automatically install a server environment as opposed to the desktop
> environment. As such, without the need for a GUI, et cetera, it
> should be even smaller than the 50MB ISO it is now, and will be even
> more embed-able. I'm only working on it in my "spare time", so it may
> not be ready for use when you need it, but if I keep moving forward
> with it, I'll keep you posted if you'd like.... I'll even write the
> updates up top here.
>
> On 6/22/07, tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > First, funny that you say that from a Gmail account, where top-posting is encouraged by the mail system.
> >
> > Second, and not to get into a big discussion about top vs bottom posting, but I top-post because typically if I'm involved in a conversation, I know what's been said already and don't want to scroll past a ton of it to get to the meat. To me, an original message is included in a reply as a quick reference as to what's being replied to and a reminder of what's been said.
> >
> > The people top-posting probably screws the most are the daily digest readers. But even then, if a reply is properly trimmed, then it shouldn't matter if it's top or bottom posted.
> >
> > Doesn't help that ePrompter (little app I use to check many pop3 and web based emails) has primative original email handling where it won't indent with ">" or anything, pretty much forcing you to top-post if you use it to reply.
> >
> > I prefer top posting and don't know why there's so much animosity against it. When I open an email, the first thing I want to see is what someone said in that email. If I need a reminder of what was already said, or clarification on what they're replying to exactly, then I can scroll down.
> >
> > -TG
> >
> > = = = Original message = = =
> >
> > ps. Please don't top post!
> >
> > Tijnema
> >
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