"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of <br>sound and fury, signifying nothing."<br><br> -Macbeth<br><br>It might be time to<br>expand the discussion from just<br>vertical to include<br>horizontal. i.e., how<br>
about a major blowout now over<br>line lengths?<br><br>I almost never read the <br>group<br>any more, so don't bother<br>particularly venting against<br>me, but do make sure<br>the rubes are clear on<br>that too. And maybe a few<br>
words about <br>fonts. Punctuation<br>and speling two.<br><br>But avoiding all useful<br>content is OK. Yes, like<br>I just did. And if the rubes<br>don't knuckle under, go<br>off and pout.<br><br> -bOB<br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Greg Folkert <<a href="mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net">greg@gregfolkert.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mainly because it doesn't break the flow. If you want an example, here<br>
it is. But then you'll see this shortly.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 08:34 -0400, Collin wrote:<br>
> Tim Schmidt wrote:<br>
> > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Collin <<a href="mailto:adderd@kkmfg.com">adderd@kkmfg.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> I suppose you did not. But, really, we can only debate what we do here.<br>
> >> You can't change what other people do. And it's not even a consensus out<br>
> >> there either. There are plenty of lists where top posting is OK. And, on<br>
> >> this list, it seems there are plenty of people who, like me, also do not<br>
> >> mind top posting.<br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
> > Have you ever used the internet?<br>
><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> (I snipped out the references you gave)<br>
</div>and a bravo for that noting.<br>
<br>
[SNIP] works as well and most people know what or why.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">><br>
> Let me be brief rather than get into this all over again. There are more<br>
> important things to fight about. To each their own. All I'm asking is<br>
> that you at least try to keep an open mind and abide by those that have<br>
> different conventions than you.<br>
<br>
</div>Its not about YOU. Its about saving hours of other people's time trying<br>
to read this thread *AND* for posterity's sake of the archives being<br>
*READABLE*. For the archivists and people trying to read the particular<br>
64-bit Linux thread... proper quoting and responses either in-line or<br>
bottom posting actually *SAVE TIME* and *READABILITY* actually increases<br>
many fold.<br>
<br>
The main reason why in-line or bottom replies work better...<br>
<br>
Do you people that top post *EVER* think about anyone *BUT* yourselves?<br>
<br>
So, just because you like to drive on the other side of the road, does<br>
that mean you should and not expect some kind of destructive fallout?<br>
<br>
I've kept to my own here mostly on this subject. I've been admonished by<br>
a few people to "Lighten up" so... as we can see I'm *BY FAR* not the<br>
only one that believes this.<br>
<br>
You seem to follow *some* guidelines as it suites you... its almost like<br>
you are doing a Microsoft EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) tactic here.<br>
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