Posted by Martin Jay on 05/30/06 22:35

In message <Oe1fg.5$im3.0@fe02.lga>, robert <ab@no.spam-alama-ding-dong>
writes
>"Martin Jay" <martin@spam-free.org.uk> wrote in message
>news:k2OFJvKToJfEFwF2@spam-free.org.uk...
>| In message <ku_eg.6$hu6.3@fe05.lga>, robert <ab@no.spam-alama-ding-dong>
>| writes

>| >look in php.net online docs and faq's...this is covered where you can
>| >specify a max wait time when looking for a response.

>| What is covered in the online "docs and faq's" [sic]?
>|
>| Please don't top-post, Robert.

>i didn't top-post

Yes you did, see: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting>. Which
includes: "Top-posting means replying to a message above the original
message."

And see: <http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html> Which
includes: "This term is generally used pejoratively with the implication
that the offending person is a newbie, a Microsoft addict (Microsoft
mail tools produce a similar format by default), or simply a
common-and-garden-variety idiot."

And your headers confirm this:

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869

>again, what's up with your love affair with "sic"?

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic>, which includes: "Sic is a Latin word
meaning "thus" or "so". In writing, it is italicized and placed within
square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual
spelling, phrase or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim
reproduction of the original quoted material and is not a transcription
error."
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