Hi Ben I do understand Your meaning. And like You also, I just ignore the bottom-posters reply, because I can't be bothered to scroll down in every message, I want to save my scroll-wheel :-) One thing comes to my mind when talking about netiquette.. Do everything stay static all the time? Isn't there even a change for changes? Should we have this that we have now, to stay de-facto for coming centuries? It is my strong opinion (along with many other users) is that top-posting is more readable, more easy to create. It is more natural for e-mails. In other places bottom-posting is more natural, and should be used in those places. If I watch for example Lexx-films, I put a new episode in to VCR, and I really don't need a long or short version of "what happened last time", I do remember it. Like with e-mails threads, I did read the prior message 1 second ago, so I want the news stuff first, not the repeating headers... Jaska. Ben Rosenberg kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika Lauantai 6. Maaliskuuta 2004 23:51):
* jaska (jaska@ritari.fi) [040306 13:27]:
Hi
So to put it simply, if I do not agree with some individuals, piss off..
This is not something I would expect from a Linux-group.
Boy, you should subscribe to some of the lists my wife uses..such as her quilting, knitting or soap making lists. If you go against what the list members and maintainers dictate there then you will see a flame war from those women that makes the things on this list seem small and calm. So please don't do that " *sigh* It's a Linux Zealot thing again.. " because you'd be naive and quite silly. All lists have rules and norms which are expected to be followed. Not that I give a shit how you post or if you post but please don't do that it's a Linux thing because it's not and top posting isn't a Windows thing...it's a I haven't read the RFC's and Netiquette docs thing. Some people just get their panties in a bunch over silly shit and you'll just have to deal with the almighty D key. :)
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