erm.. sorry, on reading that maybe 'stupid' is a bit of a strong word. Jamie Adams Housing Assistant --------------------------------- Tel: (01723) 507543 Fax: (01723) 355862 >---------- >From: Adams, Jamie >Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 24 August 2001 15:11 >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: [newbie] just wondering > ><<File: message.txt>> >okay, seeing as we are abusing each other, can i just say that this >argument is completely stupid? > >Okay, i can userstand why the use of HTML is annoying, but does it >_really_ matter weather the message is posted at the top or bottom???? > >Oh, and yes, i am a top poster, if you dont like it.. ignore me :) > >Now can we get back to Linux like discussions? >Jamie Adams >Housing Assistant >--------------------------------- >Tel: (01723) 507543 >Fax: (01723) 355862 > > >>---------- >>From: Charles Punch[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 24 August 2001 13:48 >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [newbie] just wondering >> >><<File: message.txt>> >>s wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:32 pm, Charles Punch wrote: >>> >>> > > On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:49 pm, Matt Greer escribió: >>> > > > This list is doing a good job cracking down on html, now if only we >>> > > > could do the same for top posters. >>> > >>> > What is the problem with top posting. It seems to me that usually it is >>> > the only way to keep the message in context (especially if everyone else >>> > on the thread is doing it that way) Shouldn't consistency be more >>> > appropriate than having a war over which end to crack your eggs on? >>> > >>> > ShalomOut >>> > Chal >>> > Elder PCUSA >>> > Registered Linux user # 217118 >>> >>> Actually I find it quite annoying if following a thread to have to scroll >>>to >>> the bottom of each and every post. I like top posting, but I usually >>>follow >>> suit with what the thread is doing. If I'm the first replier, then it >>> depends if I'm posting throughout, tho due to the repeat of this >>>conversation >>> I mostly try bottom posting. I wouldn't want to fart in public or use the >>> wrong fork... >> >>What do you do if it is important that the whole thread be understood in >>context? do you post at the bottom? Wouldn't that cause one to have to >>scroll "to the bottom" of the post as well? I hope it is understood that >>I am not trying to be difficult, but trying to make sense of these >>informal protocol. I also think it is crucial to remember that the right >>fork may be on a different side of the plate in a different part of the >>world. I have heard posts in favor of top posting and others against it. >>Who do I follow? (that was a rhetorical question) I'm goning to follow >>whatever make the most sense, so if you want to change my mind, give me >>a good reason instead of an emotional outburst or you will be ignored. >> >>I wouldn't want to fart in public or use the wrong fork... >> >>A fart is your body complaining. If you want to use that analogy, why >>would you *complain* in public? Posts that complain about problems >>without offering a solution are the equivalent of someone standing in a >>doorway, complaining about people who stand in the doorway. It does no >>good to oversimplify a problem and apply a blanket "rule" that only >>addresses the part that *you* are upset about. why not be positive and >>illustrate a reasonable alternative? >> >>ShalomOut >> Chal >>Elder PCUSA >>Registered Linux user # 217118 >> >>You k'n hide de fier, but w'at you gwine do wid de smoke? >> -- Joel Chandler Harris, proverbs of Uncle Remus >> >> >> >>_____________________________________________________________________ >>This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >>delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >>information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >>Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. >> > >_____________________________________________________________________ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
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