list rules [was: Reconfigure after changing Video Card]

[Billie Walsh]

On 08/01/2010 11:18 AM, Calcpage wrote:
> When I first joined this list a few months ago I got slammed for top
> posting.  So, I started bottom posting and got slammed for that!  Then
> I started posting in the middle where it made sense to add a comment
> but started trimming too and got slammed for that!  Can we make up our
> minds?  I've been on zillions of lists since bbs days and never had
> such a problem.  Since, at least in the 70s and 80s, bandwidth was a
> problem, the most common practice was just to quote a couple of lines
> to refer to and then bottom post your comment after that....
>
> Just my 2 cents,
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://www.YouTube.com
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
>    

You can't make everyone happy all the time.

My best suggestion is to follow list conventions for whatever list your 
posting to. In this case bottom post. Trim what you can whenever 
possible. And most of all, Ignore the buttheads!

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