Re: Creating an operating system
From: Corey Murtagh (emonk_at_slingshot.no.uce)
Date: 05/25/04
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 08:27:52 +1200
Noah Roberts wrote:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>
>> --
>> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> A: Top-posting.
>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>
> I think you got it wrong. Top posters don't usually format so well...
>
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>
> Top posters do not bother to associate their answer with the text they
> are replying to, they just lump it all up on top.
There's implied quoting order. You're more likely to see posts like:
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> A: Top-posting.
>>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
Adding the quoting indicators makes it clearer, but still reads
bottom-to-top. Real-world examples are of course much less clear since
they involve multiple lines per, and of course top-posters rarely go to
the tremendous effort of snipping irrelevant text.
-- Corey Murtagh The Electric Monk "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"
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