list rules [was: Reconfigure after changing Video Card]

[Pastor JW]

On Sunday, August 01, 2010 9:41:05 am Billie Walsh wrote:
> 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!  
> 
> 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!

See, nothing to it!  ... AND you actually got the message trimmed to a 
reasonable size!  I once received a 3 meg plus message and the sender's entire 
contribution was, "me too".  He ended up in my plonk file.  People tend to 
start complaining when they have to wade through a bunch of stuff which does 
not pertain to the subject line and is also never trimmed to a reasonable size 
message.  The basic reason why top posters get such a bum rap is because they 
NEVER seem to be able remove the past fifteen posts which no longer have a 
thing to do with the current conversation.  Someone made mention top posting 
is a mickeysoft invention which is true and is also why people want to stomp 
it into the ground along with everything else that company has done as quickly 
as possible or even sooner.   That company has never been able to follow a 
standard but goes out of its way to ruin any existing standard out there or 
steal what they can't change.  And then then wonder why so much hate is 
directed towards them!! 

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