OK, OK, I know the fashion is to blast people with "please don't top post" messages -- it seems to have invaded all the mailing lists I'm on.
But I don't get it. Most of us have threaded mail readers these days, so is it so hard to follow a thread? Maybe I'm a weirdo, but it is FAR more common for me to have been following a thread, and want to know what the latest comment is, then drop into the end of a long thread, and want to see the entire discussion in the most recent post. So why make me scroll WAY THE HECK down literally hundreds of lines to find your one: "+1" give me a break! Even if you have something significant and pithy to say, I still don't want to scroll through all that junk, and layers of 10+ >>>>>>>>>>> to find out the new stuff. (take a look at a the "Raveling, reshape order ..." thread to see what I mean. So, while I agree blind top posting is less than Ideal, I actually like it a bit better than blind bottom posting. Best of all is intelligent editing of the thread so far -- edit it down to the key points you are commenting on, and intersperse your comments. That way your email stands on its own as meaningful, but there is not a big pile of left over crap to wade through to read your fabulous pithy opinions.... OK, I've had my rant, carry on! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected] _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
