Re: cut q re-visited

From: Vince (vince.samios_at_centacare-canberra.org)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:39:25 +1000

obviously "stuck" implys that both google and man pages have no helped me
out..
"Sybren Stuvel" <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com> wrote in message
news:slrncbo6m0.4nj.sybrenUSE@sybren.thirdtower.com...
> Vince enlightened us with:
> > Yeah great comment, but if one is stuck with a problem, where is one
suppose
> > to turn?
>
> Where everyone should turn first when faced with a problem: manual pages
> and Google.
>
> Please, next time, think about the way you post. Many people don't think
> about this and put their reply at the top of their post, quoting all of
> the original post below it. Now take a look at this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 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.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If people do it the other way around, things will clear up instantly:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > What is one of the most annoying responses on Usenet?
> > > When they top post.
> > Why is top posting so hard to read?
> In the English speaking world we read left to right, top to bottom.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The best response type is "in-line" posting, that is, remove all the
> quoted text that does not apply to your response, adding your comments
> in context underneath as you go.
>
> The distributed nature of Usenet is causing that not everyone sees all
> posts in a particular thread in the right order or or even at all. If
> you make sure you put your reply in a top-to-bottom order, people will
> be able to easily read through it from top to bottom.
>
> Be sure to remove all excess quoted text though. There is nothing more
> annoying than having to scroll down three pages of quoted text you
> already read, just to read a two-lined reply ;-)
>
> A more complete guide to posting to Usenet can be found at
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
>
> The relevant section on good posting form is here
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3
>
>
>
> Sybren
> --
> The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
> capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
> safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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