Hello again. First off, Aahz is absolutely right. It is my choice, just as it is his choice what to read and what to ignore. My reply was about the fuss, not the choice.
Secondly, can someone point me to the Standard Usenet Convention that mandates against top-posting. This is not sarcasm; I would really like to see it. You see, I recently returned to Usenet after a LONG absence. When I was last a regular Usenet citizen the Internet was new, GUI interfaces were experimental and the World Wide Web didn't exist yet. Newsreader software was text-based. Top-posting was the common practice, because it was the most convenient: you didn't have to page through an arbitrarily large number of messages, most of which you'd already read umpteen times, to get to the new stuff you were interested in. So I'd really like to know what the standard is now. I like to know which rules I'm choosing to break. ;^) Regards, Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541-302-1107 ________________________ We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. -Quarry worker's creed > -----Original Message----- > From: Aahz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 1:12 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: OT Annoying Habits (Was: when format strings attack) > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Carroll, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Personally, I don't think top-posting is the most annoying newsgroup > >habit. I think it's making a big fuss about minor inconveniences. =20 > > Thing is, nobody will ignore your posts for following standard Usenet > conventions, but some of us will definitely ignore your posts if you > don't. It's your choice how much attention you want. > -- > Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> > http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
