Problem!

[C Hamel]

On Friday 2006 February 03 17:28, Chuck MATTSEN wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:03:48 -0600, C Hamel <yogich at sc2000.net> wrote:
> > I used to top post, myself, having used Windows for years before trying
> > Linux. No longer.  I tend to at least try to conform.  When I get a msg
> > from a known windows user I top post; Unix/Linus, I bottom post.  Now, I
> > wonder why I ever top-posted.  Bottom posting is just logical.
>
> When all is said and done, I am always left wondering just how much more
> could be accomplished by all if everyone could simply agree to _let go_ of
> the endless top-posting vs. bottom-posting, M$ vs. Linux, .rpm vs.
> .deb/distro vs. distro -- ad nauseum -- debates.  Invariably, more time is
> spent discussing this particular topic than could ever be wasted by the
> "infraction" itself because everyone involved is locked into their own
> position(s).
>
> <sigh>
>
> --
> Chuck Mattsen (Mahnomen, MN)
> mattsen at arvig.net
> http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm
Your point is well taken.  Fact is, however, that top-posting does tend to 
interrupt the flow of a msg/reply --and that goes for totally top-posting, as 
well.  One goes to the end, reads the last msg then scrolls up two & reads 
the 2nd-to-bottom, then scrolls up two, again, to read the 3rd-from-bottom, 
etc.  That, vs starting at the top & smoothly working ones way down.  There 
is just something logical about that.  Sorry... I didn't write that 
convention for the Unix/Linux community ...though I sometimes wish I had.
-- 
        ...CH
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