On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:57:21AM +0530, Bonobashi wrote: > Encrusted, port-swilling diehards........
*plonk* > 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)) > > -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
