From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 10:55:24 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 0161B16A421 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:55:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from rn-out-0102.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B953213C45D for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by rn-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id s42so108069rnb for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:55:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.49.15 with SMTP id w15mr305478ybw.1196074522906; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:55:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.102? ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 45sm1850257wri.2007.11.26.02.55.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:55:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:55:35 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <20071126024947.GC5574@kobe.laptop> References: <20071126020110.GG29622@demeter.hydra> <20071126024947.GC5574@kobe.laptop> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20071126055430.5FCE.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.42 [en] Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:55:24 -0000 > On November 25, 2007 at 09:49PM Giorgos Keramidas wrote: [ snip ] > The footnote was easy to understand after a quick Wikipedia search: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting#Top-posting > > Quoting the text (so list members don't have to actually repeat the > search): > > Some maintain that top-posting is _never_ appropriate, and refer to > it jokingly as the "TOFU" method (from the German "text oben, > fullquote unten", sometimes translated "text over, fullquote > under") [...] > > Nice one. I had not heard of "TOFU posting" before :) There are some more interesting meaning here: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=tofu&Find=find&string=exact -- Gerard