From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 02:00:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FAE016A469 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-69.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-69.bluehost.com [69.89.21.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3DFA013C44B for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 16972 invoked by uid 0); 26 Nov 2007 02:00:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 02:00:35 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IwTH1-00039w-OL for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:00:35 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAQ21AEU029953 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:01:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lAQ21A27029952 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:01:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:01:10 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071126020110.GG29622@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> <47470077.7030706@chrononomicon.com> <20071123184838.GA18711@parts-unknown.org> <20071126015615.GE29622@demeter.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071126015615.GE29622@demeter.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [737 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:00:36 -0000 On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 06:56:15PM -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > I think it's kind of a chicken-and-egg problem: we don't really know for > sure whether TOFU[1] posting spurred much of the rise of illiteracy or > the increase of relative illiteracy on the Internet led to an increase in > TOFU posting. Which came first? I forgot to include the footnote about TOFU in the preceding message. It would have looked something like this: [1]: TOFU = Text Over, Fullquote Under; the most common format of top posted replies -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] MacUser, Nov. 1990: "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production."