On 5 November 2011 21:54, BeeRich <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2011-11-05, at 5:08 PM, Colin Law wrote: > >> On 5 November 2011 18:55, BeeRich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Actually, it doesn't. >> >> What doesn't what? > > See, you failed to read the quotation on the bottom. It was referencing what > was quoted down below.
I'm sure you're trying to be interestingly ironic, but you're shooting yourself in the foot a little. Yes, of course, it may be "preference" to "quote" from references at the bottom; but normally in this instance, it's common to put some form of indicator to the footnote (such as a number in square-brackets, matched to another at the reference). Just writing at the top and saying that everything you write is referencing everything at the bottom is rather glib. > Many people don't like this format of interspersing. They find it highly > confusing. Many people find computer programming highly confusing... I'm not going to stop encouraging them to get better at it... On 5 November 2011 21:58, BeeRich <[email protected]> wrote: Because you interspersed this one, it really was *much* easier to follow ;-) >>> Unless a list owner demands it, it's a topic that will never be solved. >> >> Unless one realises that it's not "preference" it's "ignorance". > > Because you say so? Again, check the intensity of the google's hitlist I > sent before. No, it just *is* ignorance, whether I say so out loud or sit quietly in the wings. Lots of preferences are born out of ignorance; sure, lots of people get very heated about this one, but if you cancel the noise on all sides, top/bottom posted replies of any length cause confusion, while interspersed replies offer an opportunity of discussing like a "normal" conversation (yet may well still give rise to some confusion on occasion). Given the choice of loads of confusion, or little; I'll choose the lesser. > Why do you think email applications have things like thread organization? As an attempt by developers to make up for poorly composed emails? > Honestly, I think this is a dead topic. It's certainly kicking strongly. > I just wanted to say that asking people to post a certain way is a bit much. But again; this is contradictory, because you're asking people *not* to ask other people not to top post? (eek... triple-negative - never good ;-) 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? night all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
