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Indeed, the "governing" RFC even went so far as to
state that bottom posting was the preferred method of the author but that there was no hard and fast rule about it. With top posting, you can quickly "thumb" through the posts with your hand on the "Next" button. With bottom posting you have to page down through much already-seen and over-quoted material. The net result is that bottom-posted articles tend to get skipped without the new material being read let alone being visible. "Ham op" wrote in message ... I've used the internet since 1985 [DARPA net] and have yet to see the 11th commandment prohibiting top posting or forcing bottom posting. I prefer TOP POSTING. I've read the original message previously, it is stored sequentially on my computer sorted by thread and date if I need a refresher, and I don't have to scroll through a lot of attached garbage to get to your meaningful or meaningless comments. TOP POSTING, IMO, provides much more efficient use of my time. Get a life. There's much more to life than criticizing where a response is posted. |
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Polymath:
Yep, unless you have all day to start paging though past commented texts of posts--top posting is where it is at!!! Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they fool others! Only reason you should have a problem these days, is if you are still using telnet to read your news and email! John "Polymath" wrote in message ... Indeed, the "governing" RFC even went so far as to state that bottom posting was the preferred method of the author but that there was no hard and fast rule about it. With top posting, you can quickly "thumb" through the posts with your hand on the "Next" button. With bottom posting you have to page down through much already-seen and over-quoted material. The net result is that bottom-posted articles tend to get skipped without the new material being read let alone being visible. "Ham op" wrote in message ... I've used the internet since 1985 [DARPA net] and have yet to see the 11th commandment prohibiting top posting or forcing bottom posting. I prefer TOP POSTING. I've read the original message previously, it is stored sequentially on my computer sorted by thread and date if I need a refresher, and I don't have to scroll through a lot of attached garbage to get to your meaningful or meaningless comments. TOP POSTING, IMO, provides much more efficient use of my time. Get a life. There's much more to life than criticizing where a response is posted. |
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:41:09 -0700, "John Smith"
Gave us: Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they fool others! Your an utter idiot. |
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You haven't given one logical reason to bottom post.
You revert to name calling, insults, IQ assassination, challenging my IQ, while clearly demonstrating your IQ. Give a positive benefit of bottom posting, other than that's the way it's done, specially when a post may be very long, several pages or more, that requires scrolling through to locate your asinine answer. I could read your answer immediately and simply ignore it, if it were TOP POSTED. NunYa Bidness wrote: On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:41:09 -0700, "John Smith" Gave us: Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they fool others! Your an utter idiot. |
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:04:00 -0400, Ham op Gave
us: You haven't given one logical reason to bottom post. You revert to name calling, insults, IQ assassination, challenging my IQ, while clearly demonstrating your IQ. Give a positive benefit of bottom posting, other than that's the way it's done, specially when a post may be very long, several pages or more, that requires scrolling through to locate your asinine answer. I could read your answer immediately and simply ignore it, if it were TOP POSTED. You do not understand what Usenet is then. It isn't a message board between two folks having a conversation, it IS a place where such conversations can benefit any and all that read them. The entire point of proper posting is so that ANY person popping into the group for a read, can garner the entire idea of a post *without* having to go find, download, and plow through a number of others to do it. It has nothing to do with YOUR convenience and everything to do with the stray "just walked in" reader. Your attitude about the whole thing is what is asinine, and that alone is what prompted your much deserved put downs. In other words, you DO have a reduced IQ if you don't even have the time to read, learn and follow the protocols and expectations of a forum you happen to think is some "do as you please" thing, when it is not, by any stretch. Your convenience is not the issue in any way. |
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What a well-reasoned argument in favour of top-posting!
"NunYa Bidness" wrote in message ... You do not understand what Usenet is then. It isn't a message board between two folks having a conversation, it IS a place where such conversations can benefit any and all that read them. The entire point of proper posting is so that ANY person popping into the group for a read, can garner the entire idea of a post *without* having to go find, download, and plow through a number of others to do it. |
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 04:56:16 GMT, NunYa Bidness
wrote: On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:04:00 -0400, Ham op Gave us: You haven't given one logical reason to bottom post. You revert to name calling, insults, IQ assassination, challenging my IQ, while clearly demonstrating your IQ. Give a positive benefit of bottom posting, other than that's the way it's done, specially when a post may be very long, several pages or more, that requires scrolling through to locate your asinine answer. I could read your answer immediately and simply ignore it, if it were TOP POSTED. You do not understand what Usenet is then. It isn't a message board between two folks having a conversation, it IS a place where such conversations can benefit any and all that read them. The entire point of proper posting is so that ANY person popping into the group for a read, can garner the entire idea of a post *without* having to go find, download, and plow through a number of others to do it. **** the dilettantes -- if they're hot to find out what the top post was about wjen they "pop in", let them get off their lazy asses and scroll down. I've already read all that crap and don't feel like scrolling past it for thirty posts in a row. If you can't keep up with the flow, move to alt.kindergarten.reading.level. Help us all out by "popping out". It has nothing to do with YOUR convenience and everything to do with the stray "just walked in" reader. Your attitude about the whole thing is what is asinine, and that alone is what prompted your much deserved put downs. In other words, you DO have a reduced IQ if you don't even have the time to read, learn and follow the protocols and expectations of a forum you happen to think is some "do as you please" thing, when it is not, by any stretch. Your convenience is not the issue in any way. |
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Right on!
"Ham op" wrote in message news ![]() You haven't given one logical reason to bottom post. You revert to name calling, insults, IQ assassination, challenging my IQ, while clearly demonstrating your IQ. Give a positive benefit of bottom posting, other than that's the way it's done, specially when a post may be very long, several pages or more, that requires scrolling through to locate your asinine answer. I could read your answer immediately and simply ignore it, if it were TOP POSTED. NunYa Bidness wrote: On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:41:09 -0700, "John Smith" Gave us: Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they fool others! Your an utter idiot. |
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:28:09 GMT, NunYa Bidness wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:41:09 -0700, "John Smith" Gave us: Some people have been sold the line that there is something leet about bottom posting--obviously they haven't a clue... but even think they fool others! Your an utter idiot. His utter idiot what? |