Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:20:59 -0800 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: Brent Jones <brent.jones@otago.ac.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) Message-ID: <20071123032059.GB61756@parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:22:50 +1300, Brent Jones wrote: > Sorry if this is a bit off topic for this list, but it seem to be a > comment that comes up very regularly; "please don't top post..." >=20 > I for one prefer top posting This has been hashed out on so many technically-oriented lists, that it almost appears as a troll. A friend of mine manages, if I recall correctly, to answer this in a signature block, pointing to a logical discontinuity inherent in placing an answer prior to the question. But it gets worse, when some, particularly newbies, reply to a post in order to start a completely new topic. And it gets even worse when some of us--particularly the most helpful ones--are subscribed to numerous technical lists and should review the context of the communication prior to responding. So, my response, and I daresay I speak for others, is for you to get over it. You should review the entire context of a communication in understanding it as well. --=20 David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3). --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHRkcbUd+dMw3R0eMRArIQAJ0Wil52NNtE9/0P61qyRJEgf4IfBgCfasab wSSiS6vkfzCF455r7xC9qwQ= =COFM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071123032059.GB61756>