On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Tony Marston<tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Bastien Koert" <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:d7b6cab70907090623s6b37641dt90a564f1d80fe413@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Tony > Marston<tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> "Stuart" <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:a5f019de0907090340k47216f7fh4d83434ef98ce888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> 2009/7/9 Tony Marston <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> <snip> >>> The first newsgroups I visited after getting my first PC not only allowed >>> top posting, they actively encouraged it, yet no-one complained if >>> someone >>> put their post on the bottom. They were tolerant, you see, because it >>> didn't really matter. >>> >>> Your intolerant attitude on this issue shows just what a small-minded >>> person >>> you are. >>> >>>> I reckon it's the same with >>>> the way you arrange your messages to this list. Top-posting is a lazy >>>> and selfish way to "contribute" to the list, >>> >>> That is opinion, not fact. Other newsgroups allow top posting, so why not >>> this newsgroup? Just because someone says so? That's simply not good >>> enough. >>> >> Tony, >> >> The only thing I don't agree with here is the name calling. > > I called him "intolerant" because he jumps on issues which other people just > don't care about. > > I called him "small minded" because he concentrates on small issues which > simply don't matter in the great scheme of things. That sounds like fair > comment to me It's just like those people who have endless arguments about > when to use uppercase and when to use lower case. It simply doesn't matter, > so stop wasting your time in arguing about it. > >> Daniel is >> a pretty darn bright guy here, and I feel that slighting him because >> of an established convention is not the best approach to dealing with >> this. We are all voluntary participants on this list and we all make >> valuable contributions to the PHP community. > > Irrelevant. It does not matter how much good work anybody does if they go > and ruin it by trying to enforce some inconsequential petty rule. > >> Conventions were implemented to make things easier for participants to >> view a standard thread in the list. > > The conventions in other newsgroups are different, and I can't be bothered > to change my habits for different newsgroups just becase some internet Nazi > says so. > >> We don't have to like it, but that >> is no reason to digress into a pissing match over how the rules are >> not sensible to any specific point of view. > > No, I don't like stupid rules, which is why I choose not to obey them. > >> I have found that moving >> to the gmail client makes the rules more sensible as that is how gmail >> displays the emails. Both hotmail and outlook make this tougher as >> they don't logically display the thread. Might I suggest that you try >> using gmail (some one posted that your client was outlook which is why >> I suggest this)? Its a pain, if you have a history with the list that >> you store on your machine, but it might be worthwhile exploring. > > So not only are you dictating how I post, you are also dictating which > newsreader I should use? How arrogant! > No, Tony, not dictating at all. Merely sharing my experience. It may or may not work for you, but that is for you to decide. > -- > Tony Marston > http://www.tonymarston.net > http://www.radicore.org > >> -- >> >> Bastien >> >> Cat, the other other white meat > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
