[GRLUG] GRLUG meetings

[john-thomas richards]

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 04:41:09PM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> Good thing I didn't say "SLAM."
> 
> Over and out.
> 
>     -Bob
> 
> 
> On 5/4/07, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> >
> >On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 16:12 -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> >> Actually it was a hint.
> >>
> >> That's much smaller than a "SLAM."
> >
> >Well, I can see you do not understand mailing list etiquette.
> >
> >Top-posting is considered rude and ruins the flow of messaging.

Bob,

You are still top-posting.  Top-posting is posting a reply at the top
of an email.  This is counter to ordinary English writing.  When I read
I start at the top of the page and work my down to the bottom.  This is
"natural" to an English reader.  Some languages are bottom-up, some are
right to left.  Email needs to follow the normal pattern of English.
When you top-post you are forcing a reader to first page down perhaps
several pages in order to read the context and then to page back up to
read your response.  This is unnecessary and time-consuming.  This is
what Greg meant by top-posting "ruins the flow of messaging".  Had you
followed the rule about not top-posting, this conversation would be
much more logically arranged.  It should be as follows:

--> begin example

>>Greg wrote:
>>Don't top-post.
>Bob wrote:
>Okay, I won't.

Hey, thanks!

--> end example

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john-thomas
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