ENOUGH [Was: Re: Stop top posting, please.]

[KRFinch at dstsystems.com]

I just had to put in my two cents on this whole top posting topic.  I think
these links have about as much to do with Linux as the rest of the
discussion:

http://www.peoplink.org/images/2259.jpeg

http://secure.sovietski.com/isroot/sovietski/ImagesOnline/catalog/208122.jpg

http://perso.club-internet.fr/cdub78/IMAGE25.JPG

http://home.btconnect.com/woodentoys/products/Illeccio/images/5020.jpg

I have now top posted several times, and there's plenty more where those
came from!  So there!

- Kev

                                                                                                    
                                
                      Jason Clinton                                                                 
                                
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                      05/23/2003 03:40 PM                                                           
                                
                                                                                                    
                                
                                                                                                    
                                

Jeremy Fowler wrote:
      Well, excuse me. Just to let you know. I've been around awhile and I
      take great offense to being called a newbie. I've posted my fair
      share of posts to USENET and other various mailing lists. I just have
      a different opinion as to what is convenient and acceptable, and from
      reading some of the responses to this topic I'm not alone. So take
      your righteous self indignant attitude and stuff it. Some people just
      need to learn how to be a little more tolerant of others.

Okay. I've heard quite enough.

As the original poster of the this silly little request, I'm asking that
this thread be killed. I never intended to be bitchy -- it was simply a
request. I certainly never thought it would turn in to a flame war. To be
honest, I don't like top posting, but it won't kill me to read your top
post.

I am retracting my request to "stop top-posting" back to a simple request
"to only include the relevant parts of the messages you're replying to" --
post your reply, top or bottom, doesn't matter.

This way, if you say, "I agree." or "Yea, that totally makes sense." or
something similar at the top or the bottom of the message, the rest of us
know which statement(s) in the quoted message you're agreeing with. This
eliminates the scrolling-though-a-massive-quote argument all together as
there's _never_ unimportant superfoulous information (signatures excluded)
in a message you post to the list.

To summarize: trim your posts and post to the top or bottom as you please.
(And no, I won't back down on the trimming request -- AND IT'S ONLY A
REQUEST -- NOT A BITCH.)
--
Jason Clinton
I don't believe in witty sigs.