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From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:00 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion [NST ==><==NST] Q: Does anybody know of an algorithm that creates an archive (in Word, Preferably) of posts in their actual temporal order? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? [NST ==> Thanks, Robert, for the clarification. <==NST] On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:05 AM, glen ropella <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah, but at least FOAR allows top-posting! Nothing on the internet is more irrational than the bias against top-posting. And I mean it. The bias against top-posting is the lower bound of rationality. Hm. Would it be oxymoronic to claim the existence of an upper bound on irrationality? Is there an ordering relation on irrational reasoning? On 04/24/2013 10:01 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > Nothing I love better than being thrown out of a bar. Exchanging a few > blows with the bouncers, maybe landing a rabbit punch or two on the way > through the door and coming back the next night for another round! > > Rules for the anti-FOAR list: > > # Use of profanity, insults or excessive ad-hominem is discouraged. > Please keep this civil. > # Keep things on-topic. If your posting can't be related to something > in the books mentioned above, please take it offline. > > # Don't feed the trolls. If someone posts something obviously > outrageous in order to stir up trouble, simply don't respond to it. > Keep responses to more subtle points that you disagree with. > > If FRIAM had these standards, half of us would be banned within the > week, and the remaining lurkers would never post... the sound of *no* > hands clapping! -- glen =><= Hail Eris! ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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