top/bottom posting WAS [GNUz] GNU/Linux ...

[InfoHelp]

Right then.

I'll be opting for the "top" presentation & style available, for each 
context..

Jim Cheetham wrote:

> Nick Rout wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:23:30 +1200
>> InfoHelp <ask@infohelp.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Oh..
>>>
>>> InfoHelp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is that a reference to DG? Nick Rout wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean the proposition we are debating? How about "top 
>>>>> posters must
>>>>> die" 
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I had thought this meant 'put your comments below (& not above) the 
>>> quoted text'..
>>
>>
>
> Middle posting - that's the way!
>
> (I dislike it when the top isn't edited, so there's a good chance of 
> missing the new data, and the bottom is left in instead of being 
> deleted, when I have to scroll down looking to see if there are any 
> more hard-to-spot comments, and there aren't :-(
>
> -jim

[Nothing more to add in here - this time.]

>
>>
>> it was a dig at you for top posting, but an entirely ironical one as I
>> was doing the same.
>>
>> top posting vs inline vs bottom posting is a perrenial debate.,
>> sufficient to say that its easier to read bottom posting on a long
>> thread because you get the thread history before the latest post viz:
>>
>>
>> ">>>>how do i run foo-6.2 on redhat 2.0
>>
>>
>>>>> you run redhat 2.0? loser its way out of date
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>> you could try compiling foo-6.2 from source so it will run against the
>>>> libs on deadrat 2.0
>>>
>>
>>
>>> except foo-6.2 needs version 5.5 of libbar and the version of libbar on
>>> redhat 2 is 0.99
>>
>>
>>
>> Looks like an OS upgrade"
>>
>>
>> Except you have to scroll through the message to see the latest stuff
>> and some people can't be bothered and prefer a top post. there are only
>> half a dozen people on the list but i bet each has their own perspective
>> on the best way to do it.
>>
>>
>>
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