me, too ;> SuSEnixER wrote:
* Steven T. Hatton
[10-12-02 19:23]: It has come time to state my position on top-posting. In the traditional world of usenet and mailing list, long before the Ring Wraiths of Redmond had spread their darkness over the Internet, it was considered common courtesy to reply to a message by adding ones responses, either in-line, after the comment to which a particular response was directed, or at the bottom of the quoted text.
After the spread of darkness, many people who were unfamiliar with these long honored rules of order, and who were either ignorant of the workings of their mail and news clients, or had clients so technologically deficient they could not adjust the default. These people began to violate these rules of order, not out of malace, but out of ignorance. Indeed, ignorance *is* darkness.
It is now time to take a stand. Top-posting, that is, posting ones reply above the quoted text, is a symbol of darkness. It represents evil. To knowingly violate the traditional standard of internet decorum is to willingly partake in the darkness. I therefore must declare that, heretofore, all who top-post with full knowledge of the above recounted history will be declared 'Windoze Users' and shall be shunned by all who honor the good and noble traditions which created the Internet.
I declair this missive true and accurate, but failing to address the other mortal sin in the traditional world of usenet and mailinglist. That sin is "failing to trim inappropriate and/or irrelevant text" from the quote.
Besides detracting from the continuity and accuracy of the conversation, it is rude and selfish. There are still individuals who must pay for time and/or traffic online. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
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