[GRLUG] 64-bit Linux

[Steven Surdock]

True if it's the first e-mail of the thread you are reading, but does
anybody _really_ read the last email (of a thread) first?  I wonder how
long it will be until folks with mobile devices (that limit initial
message size) will drive more top-posting.

Personally I vote for top-posting.  I get the most recent information
first and if I don't understand the context I can scroll down until I
do.  Much more efficient than starting with information I may already
know and wading through volumes of something I already read to find what
I really want to know:-)

-Steve S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On
Behalf Of
> john-thomas richards
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:41 PM
> To: grlug at grlug.org
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] 64-bit Linux
> 
> On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 03:46:46PM -0400, Professor Inuyasha wrote:
> [snip]
> > P.S. I'm wondering why people love send message under people's
message?
> 
> This is a good question.
> 
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> 
> For a fuller explanation, read this:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting#Top-posting
> 
> [snip]
> --
> john-thomas
> ------
> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain
occasions,
> that I wish it always to be kept alive.
> Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
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