Top-posting [Was: Installing with apt-get]

[Troy Piggins]

* Steve Tripp <progressivepenguin at gmail.com> :
>    Bottom posting is by far the most inefficient way to read lists like this
>    that are active and have many additions.  Bottom posters also seem to be
>    the loudest when it comes to complaining, and they also seem to overlook
>    the fact that their complaints dilute the technical issues actually being
>    discussed.

On the contrary - in such a high volume list where you can't read
every post, or at least remember the current depth of discussion in
a thread, it's much more efficient to properly quote and add your
comments throughout so that if someone does pick up half way through
a thread they can see the flow of discussion.

That being said, there will always be two sides of the argument with
both having their reasons.  That's fine.  I'm on the *right* side
;-)

>    Oh well.
> 
>    On 6/21/06, Dion Le Blanc <[1]dionleblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
>        Or even had the brains to realise that they often defeated their own
>      purpose. If you top post you are clearly saying,
> 
>      1/ my post is more important than yours
>      2/ I want to speak over you
>      3/ Your post really doesn't matter

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Troy Piggins
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