yeah some people have been using forth waaaay too long... sloopy.
On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 21:21, David Brown wrote: > old joke > sometimes a sig line: > > > A: Yes. > > >Q: Are you sure? > > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > > > > > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > >>> http://ursine.dyndns.org/wiki/index.php?title=Top_Posting > > >>> Could I get some thoughts on this, please? > > >> > > >> Not really sure why we need *another* rehash of the 'how to quote' > > >> debate, but it looks ok, with the exception that the statement > > >> 'written language is typically read from top down' is not true. > > > > > > There's some that read from the bottom of the page towards the top? > > > > Yes. > > > > Strictly speaking, direction isn't a concept that applies to > a 'language', > > it's a concept that applies to a *script*. And there are various > scripts > > that are written bottom-to-top. > > > > (Almost certainly none of them are used for computing applications, > but the > > statement as written is nevertheless untrue.) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Nick > > > > -- > > Nick Boalch > > School of Modern Languages & Cultures Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 3420 > > University of Durham Fax: +44 (0) 191 334 3421 > > New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT, UK WWW: > http://nick.frejol.org/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -Later, > DAVE > -- > Linux because I am a geek > Debian because I am a super-geek! >
