Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-22 Thread Bob Martin
in 679182 20120821 181439 Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland s...@mweb.co.za declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-22 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 22/08/2012 07:25, Bob Martin wrote: in 679182 20120821 181439 Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland s...@mweb.co.za declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-21 Thread Alex Strickland
On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. I too, but I'd prefer something top-posted than have to skip through 38 pages of quoted e-mail to get to a (generally) 1 liner at the bottom. -- Regards Alex --

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland wrote: On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. I too, but I'd prefer something top-posted than have to skip through 38 pages of quoted e-mail to get to a (generally) 1 liner at

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-20 Thread rusi
On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry children, but... ROFL! The first we're all familiar with. Furry children? Something to do with heads the size of a planet? --

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry children, but... ROFL! The first we're all familiar with. Furry

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-20 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 20/08/2012 08:46, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry children, but... ROFL! The

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-20 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
Zero Piraeus wrote: : On 17 August 2012 21:43, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: There are cultures that marry five year old girls to sixty year old men, cultures that treat throwing acid in the faces of women as acceptable behaviour, cultures that allow war heroes

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:27:10 -0700, rusi wrote: For example, my sister recently saw some of my mails and was mystified that I had sent back 'blank mails' until I explained and pointed out that my answers were interleaved into what was originally sent! No offence to your sister, who I'm sure

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: The software equivalent of somebody handing you a blank piece of paper and turning it around to see if maybe there's something on the back. Straight out of a Goon Show, that is. Heh. ChrisA --

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-19 Thread python
Hi Steve, I don't think I'm some sort of hyper-evolved mega-genius with a brain the size of a planet, I'm just some guy. Based on reading thousands of your posts over the past 4 years, I'll have to respectfully disagree with you on your assertion that you are not some hyper-evolved genius

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-18 Thread Ramchandra Apte
I am aware of this. I'm just to lazy to use Google Groups! Come on Ramchandra, you can switch to Google Groups. On 17 August 2012 13:09, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 17, 3:36 am, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-18 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-08-17, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: I was in a corporate environment for a while. And carried my 'triminterleave' habits there. And got gently scolded for seeming to hide things!! I have, rarely, gotten the opposite raction from corporate e-mailers used to top posting. I got

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-18 Thread rusi
On Aug 18, 8:34 pm, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote: On 2012-08-17, rusi rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: I was in a corporate environment for a while.  And carried my 'triminterleave' habits there. And got gently scolded for seeming to hide things!! I have, rarely, gotten the

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread rusi
On Aug 17, 3:36 am, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte maniandra...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: and bottom reads better than top Look you are the only person complaining about

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. +1 Best regards, Jurko Gospodnetić -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-08-16, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte maniandra...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: and bottom reads better than top Look you are the only person complaining about

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread rusi
On Aug 17, 10:19 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:42:54 -0700 (PDT), Madison May worldpeaceagentforcha...@gmail.com declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments.         I've been

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:36:04 -0700, rusi wrote: I was in a corporate environment for a while. And carried my 'triminterleave' habits there. And got gently scolded for seeming to hide things!! Corporate email users are generally incompetent at email no matter what email conventions you use.

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-17 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 17 August 2012 21:43, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: There are cultures that marry five year old girls to sixty year old men, cultures that treat throwing acid in the faces of women as acceptable behaviour, cultures that allow war heroes to die of hunger and

Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte maniandra...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: and bottom reads better than top Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. GMail uses top-posting by default. I can't help it

Re: Top-posting c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

2012-08-16 Thread Madison May
And FWIW, I add my voice to those who prefer to read replies underneath the original text. Even if Mark were the only person vocal enough to complain, you can still rest assured that there are many more who agree. You've now heard from quite a few regular posters; there are probably