[NTLUG:Discuss] Top Posting HAHAHA

[MadHat Unspecific]

Robert Citek wrote:
> Yup.  We should all be using blogs instead.
> 
> 1) the issue of top/bottom/in-line posting disappears.
> 2) the issue of replying to the list vs the individual goes away.
> 3) the issue of having archives unavailable for search engines like
> Google vaporizes.
> 4) the issue of spam fades away.

and a whole new set of issues appear...  I'll stick with this ancient 
form of group communication known as a mailing list.

> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
> 
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:35 PM, MadHat Unspecific
> <madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:
>> Richard Geoffrion wrote:
>>> MadHat Unspecific wrote:
>>>> A3: Please.
>>>> Q3: Should I avoid top posting on this mailing list?
>>>>
>>>> A2: Because, by reversing the order of a conversation, it leaves the
>>>>      reader without much context, and makes them read a message in an
>>>>      unnatural order.
>>>> Q2: Why is top posting irritating?
>>>>
>>>> A1: It is the practice of putting your reply to a message before the
>>>>      quoted message, instead of after the (trimmed) message.
>>>> Q1: What is top posting?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> TOO FUNNY, Madhat! That is my favorite method of answering the question
>>> of top posting.
>>>
>>> I think I saw a signature like that once.  something like....
>>
>> I stole it from a cryptography list I am on... ;^)
>>
>>
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>> MadHat (at) Unspecific.com
>> "The true man wants two things: danger and play.
>>  For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."
>>                           - Friedrich Nietzsche
>>
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"The true man wants two things: danger and play.
  For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."
                           - Friedrich Nietzsche