Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-25 Thread James Stroud
On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: > P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting Were it not for Steve Holden's providing me with a link off the list, I would have never known to what it is you are referring. I have read some relevant literature to find that this is more

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-25 Thread Mike Meyer
> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: >> P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting > James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sorry if I can't find a dumb terminal for a "VAX" with which to read my > email. Perhaps, if i could, I would understand your frustration a l

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-25 Thread James Stroud
On Tuesday 25 October 2005 14:27, Mike Meyer wrote: > That's your right. Be aware that people will ignore, correct and/or > complain about you doing so. If I may be a complete ass: That should be "correct and/or complain about *your* doing so." James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Geno

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-25 Thread Steve Holden
James Stroud wrote: > On Tuesday 25 October 2005 14:27, Mike Meyer wrote: > >>That's your right. Be aware that people will ignore, correct and/or >>complain about you doing so. > > > If I may be a complete ass: That should be "correct and/or complain about > *your* doing so." > You *may* be a

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-25 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:27:55 -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: >> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: >> Their differences in styles, like mine, probably arise from the culture of >> their respective fields. Most, like me, may not even know what the heck you >> are talking about. Also,

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Duncan Booth
James Stroud wrote: > On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: >> P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting > > Were it not for Steve Holden's providing me with a link off the list, > I would have never known to what it is you are referring. I have read > some relevant literat

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Iain King
Duncan Booth wrote: > James Stroud wrote: > > > On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: > >> P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting > > > > Were it not for Steve Holden's providing me with a link off the list, > > I would have never known to what it is you are referring. I

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Ron Adam
Duncan Booth wrote: > No, I didn't think it was malice which is why I just added what I > considered to be a polite request at the end of my message. I assumed that > most people either knew the phrase or could find out in a few seconds using > Google so there wasn't much point in rehashing t

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-10-26, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Stroud wrote: >> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: >>> P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting >> >> Were it not for Steve Holden's providing me with a link off the list, >> I would have never known to what

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Duncan Booth
Grant Edwards wrote: > Uh, no. Isn't what we're doing here top-quoting? The quoted > stuff is at the top. Everything is in chronological order. I > think what you're referring to is "top-posting". Yes, Iain King already pointed this out. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Top-quoting defined [was: namespace dictionaries ok?]

2005-10-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-10-26, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Uh, no. Isn't what we're doing here top-quoting? The quoted >> stuff is at the top. Everything is in chronological order. I >> think what you're referring to is "top-posting". > > Yes, Iain King already pointed th