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?
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:05 AM, glen ropella <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > > Yeah, but at least FOAR allows top-posting! Nothing on the internet is > more irrational than the bias against top-posting. And I mean it. The > bias against top-posting is the lower bound of rationality. Hm. Would > it be oxymoronic to claim the existence of an upper bound on > irrationality? Is there an ordering relation on irrational reasoning? > > On 04/24/2013 10:01 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > > Nothing I love better than being thrown out of a bar. Exchanging a few > > blows with the bouncers, maybe landing a rabbit punch or two on the way > > through the door and coming back the next night for another round! > > > > Rules for the anti-FOAR list: > > > > # Use of profanity, insults or excessive ad-hominem is discouraged. > > Please keep this civil. > > # Keep things on-topic. If your posting can't be related to something > > in the books mentioned above, please take it offline. > > > > # Don't feed the trolls. If someone posts something obviously > > outrageous in order to stir up trouble, simply don't respond to it. > > Keep responses to more subtle points that you disagree with. > > > > If FRIAM had these standards, half of us would be banned within the > > week, and the remaining lurkers would never post... the sound of *no* > > hands clapping! > > > -- > glen =><= Hail Eris! > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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