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Posted by Richard C. on 01/16/07 17:40
I agree with you.
Top posting actually makes the most sense.
One can run down the line reading the newest posts and if there
is a question, the original context is all below.
makes for smoother and faster reeding.
But the BIGGEST plus is that it enrages the village idiot (teenydong)
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"WinField" <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:kH7rh.14938$Kq5.11392@newsfe13.phx...
> 1. bathing and top-posting is the future.
> 2. Usenet used to be run by hemmoroidal control freaks.
> 3. if you can't carry a thought from one message to the next Tim,
> tough toe-nails.
>
> You want to be a bottom-feeder? Fine. I am free to communicate in the
> manner I find most efficient. Now chill out.
>
> - Winfield
>
>
> Tim Smith wrote:
>> In article <45ac6cdf$0$4882$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Well at least you acknowledge that it is, in fact, my choice.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Sure. And it would be your choice to stop bathing. But that would
>> violate social convention, and many people would shun you. It's the same
>> with your posting style.
>>
>> 25 years of social convention on usenet have established the style of
>> quoting what you reply to, with your comments inserted, directly
>> following what they are in reply to, as the norm. This norm developed
>> because basically everyone who considered the problem concluded that it
>> was the most effective way to communicate, taking into account the nature
>> of usenet.
>>
>> You are basically telling the world that your thoughts are so important,
>> you don't need to try to effectively communicate them. You can instead
>> use a style this is annoying to read, and the rest of us should go to the
>> extra effort of coping if we want to benefit from your wise words.
>>
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