Pete Smith wrote: > On the other hand: > > Trimming was much more important when bandwidth was much more limited, and > some folks were paying by the byte. > People who have been following the conversation don't want to scroll all > the way down to get to the latest input. > Top-posting emulates the style used by virtually all blogs, latest on top. >
Some people still do pay by the byte, or most likely these days, megabyte. But just because you, or others, don't, doesn't mean that everyone does. Bandwidth protection is still worthwhile, even if you don't pay by the byte. Just because you have bandwidth and CPU cycles and memory to burn, doesn't mean that you SHOULD. cf the hardware requirements for, say Vista vs XP. Yes, Vista performs OK on 'recommended' hardware, but how much better does XP perform, on the same hardware? > A far more important mailing list sin, in my opinion, is failure to change > the subject line when you take the topic off in a totally different > direction. Would you have thought to find this discussion under *that* > subject line? Yes I noticed that you complained about it, but didn't do anything about it, given the opportunity :) Just a thought I couldn't pass up. FWIW, I couldn't care less one way or the other...on any of it. Top post or don't. change the subject or don't. Those who really want the information will figure it out. m2cw..
