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On Jun 13, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Brian wrote: > > OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being > debated AGAIN? > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > >> >> On 6/13/09 4:21 PM, "Kyle Hansen" <[email protected]> Broadcast >> into the >> ether: >> >> And page 2 of why bottom posting is considered the polite way to >> handle >> things, especially in a back and forth forum: >> >> Top-posting forces your reader to work >> >> A top-posted message is easy to write; since, it doesn't require the >> writer >> to edit any of the original message. As a consequence, a top-posted >> message >> makes the message reader do the work of understanding what was said. >> Anyone >> new to a top-posted conversation has to read a message unnaturally >> from >> bottom to top. A reader may have to skip over the new top-posted >> comment at >> the top of the message and scroll down to the bottom of the message >> to see >> the context for the comment, then scroll back up, message by >> message, to >> read the added comments in an unnatural bottom-to-top reverse order. >> No >> editing has been done by the top-posting writers; so, each message >> contains >> redundant signatures and irrelevant material. >> >> And a few more links: >> >> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html >> >> http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/bottom-posting.html >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00178.html >> >> >> Kyle Hansen >> -- >> This is the way the world ends...not with a bang, but a twitter. >> >> >> >>> > > > > John Callahan [email protected] If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.ยจ --Will Rogers extreme positive = (ybya2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
