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Posted by BEI Design on January 19, 2008, 2:52 am
The Wanderer wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:00:16 GMT, Taria wrote:
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> > The message comes right off Kate's msg. with my
> > browser.
>
> I think the *real* message was about top posting, which
> you are doing....
Ding, ding, ding....
;-)
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Posted by Taria on January 19, 2008, 10:11 am
That's how I always post. If you are griping about
someone top posting why don't you just do that?
I always top post. Pretty consistently. Might be
easier to just block messages from folks that post
in a way that bugs you.
Kate's message is the first in the thread that I
can read from here.
No top posting gripe but the responses.
BTW, good for you Kate. Just to get back to what
I see as OP.
Taria
BEI Design wrote:
> The Wanderer wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:00:16 GMT, Taria wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The message comes right off Kate's msg. with my
>>>browser.
>>
>>I think the *real* message was about top posting, which
>>you are doing....
>
>
> Ding, ding, ding....
>
> ;-)
>
>
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Posted by The Wanderer on January 19, 2008, 10:47 am
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:11:46 GMT, Taria wrote:
> That's how I always post. If you are griping about
> someone top posting why don't you just do that?
>
> I always top post. Pretty consistently.
Doesn't make it right or considerate to other people, though. I have no
wish to get into a slanging match, but......
Usenet isn't a real time conversation, threads can develop over many days,
with many branches. Add in thread drift, and the fact that a poster may not
visit the NG for a few days and you *might* just realise that usenet
conventions developed for extremely good reasons.
--
Richard
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
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Posted by BEI Design on January 19, 2008, 2:20 pm
The Wanderer wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:11:46 GMT, Taria wrote:
>
> > That's how I always post. If you are griping about
> > someone top posting why don't you just do that?
> >
> > I always top post. Pretty consistently.
>
> Doesn't make it right or considerate to other people,
> though. I have no wish to get into a slanging match,
> but......
>
> Usenet isn't a real time conversation, threads can
> develop over many days, with many branches. Add in thread
> drift, and the fact that a poster may not visit the NG
> for a few days and you *might* just realise that usenet
> conventions developed for extremely good reasons.
I chuckled when I first saw this:
A. Top posters.
Q. What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
Beverly
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Posted by The Wanderer on January 19, 2008, 10:12 am
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:52:17 -0800, BEI Design wrote:
> The Wanderer wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:00:16 GMT, Taria wrote:
>>
>>> The message comes right off Kate's msg. with my
>>> browser.
>>
>> I think the *real* message was about top posting, which
>> you are doing....
>
> Ding, ding, ding....
As I'm sure you're aware, there's a very coarse and oft-quoted expression
(which I would choose not to mention here) amongst long time users of
usenet, used in a very derogatory sense to define those 'who refuse to take
clue'.
Sadly there do seem to be quite a few who refuse to take clue....
--
Richard
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
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