Posted by Tim Roberts on 01/21/07 00:42

user <someone@somewhere.org> wrote:
>
>Jerry,
>
>Read posts and reply or don't. That is your decision.
>
>P.S. For you and Inkster. THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT!!! REALLY!! Any you
>saying it is does not make it so!

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'd like to explore what you've said
here.

Most people top-post because Microsoft chose to write Outlook and Outlook
Express with blatent (and perhaps intentional) disregard for the
established patterns. Those people top-post because they are use the
defaults without thinking and without knowing any better.

You, on the other hand, seem to be making the argumeent that top-posting is
somehow superior to bottom-posting. I've not heard that argument before,
and I'd like to hear your reasons. Clearly, saying "I do it therefore it
must be better" is nonsense, so you must have something better.

Personally, I don't think it makes a bit of difference. Most people quote
way, way, WAY too much as it is; thanks to threading newsreaders, all I
need is the briefest reminder of what we were talking about for context.
When you cut quoting to a minimum, the top/bottom thing becomes irrelevant.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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