Encrusted, port-swilling diehards........ Indrajit Gupta
On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that >> is largely meaningless today. > > Groan. Not this again. There are very good reasons for NOT > top-posting, to do with the way humans process information, as well as > having the courtesy to not append enormous amounts of cognitive junk > to your postings. > > I recognise that many mail clients and platforms almost force people > to top-post, which is why I don't usually make too much of a fuss. > However, it continues to be a rule of the list. Your breaking the rule > is being overlooked due to the fact that your mail client is poorly > designed, but that doesn't make it a virtue. > > Udhay > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
