Re: old pentium

From: MikeyD (m_donaghy50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:52:30 +0000

P.T. Breuer wrote:

> MikeyD <m_donaghy50@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Why is top posting so hard to read?
>> > > > > What is one of the most annoying responses on Usenet?
>> > > > When they top post.
>> > In the English speaking world we read left to right, top to bottom.
>>
>> However, on usenet we read one post after another.
>
> We certainly do not! Where do you get that idea from? For example, the
> post I read before this one was about mldonkey. I have no idea what
> you are replying to apart from what I can see quoted above.

Okay. But myself and eveyone I've watched reading usenet will read several
messages from a thread in sequence before skipping to the next thread.
>
>> And we can skip the rest of a post at any point.
>
> So? Why would you want to? Why would anyone want to write something
> which will be skipped? If they do so, then they need to learn how to
> write!

Well, my view is that probably 80% of people reading my post will remember
the previous one. I therefore expect them to skip the quote. But the quote
should still be there for the other 20% who need it to remind them of my
context.
I skip all the quote in almost every message I read. It's easier if I can
just click on to the next message rather than having to scroll through it
to read the new text.
>
>> See which lets you see all the information most
>
> False hypothesis. I have no idea what you are replying TO!
>
> If the quote is short and contains one question and you provide one reply,
> then I will have no problem. But if there is more than one point in
> the huge quoted trailer, as is the (yecch) "norm" in such cases, then I
> have no idea which you are replying to!

Very true. I agree 100% that when replying separately to multiple
paragraphs, you have to bottom-post.
>
> Even if the quote is short, and I can be sure what YOU are replying to,
> when it comes time for somebody to quote you and your reply, I will
> have no idea what HE is replying to, you, or the original.
>
Yes you will. You will probably just have read it, but if you haven't it's
there below for you to read.

>> quickly:
>>
>> Post 1:
>> Would you like some tea?
>>
>> Post 2:
>> Yes please
>> >Would you like some tea?
>
>
> Post 3:
>
> Was that now?
>> Yes please
>> >Would you like some tea?
>
>
> !!!
>
> In other words, you yourself have no comprehension of how OTHER people
> might understand what you wrote, nor of the comprehension difficulties
> it will lead to. Desist. Do not do it.

I don't do it, but I really think it would save people's time. I certainly
know it would save my time if everyone on usenet top-posted.

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