> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 00:31, Duncan Booth wrote: >> P.S. James, *please* could you avoid top-quoting > James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sorry if I can't find a dumb terminal for a "VAX" with which to read my > email. Perhaps, if i could, I would understand your frustration a little > better.
You don't need a VAX. All it takes is trying to dethread a top-posted conversation. I've given up in frustration on more than one such venture. > The only reason I'm making a point of this is that many people come to > python> from fields other than computer science or hacker-ology. Posting > styles will > vary considerably among these people, so deal with the deviants carefully. I belive Duncan did so. He asked you to "please* avoid to top-posting". > Their differences in styles, like mine, probably arise from the culture of > their respective fields. Most, like me, may not even know what the heck you > are talking about. Also, here is a well written synopsis of the arguments in > favor of top-posting and they may even be strong enough to legitimize the > practice: > http://alpage.ath.cx/toppost/toppost.htm Well, if I could find a 300 baud modem, I might understand his objection to not top-posting (he really only has one). His comments about why people shouldn't complain about top-posting are full of suggestions that don't generally work on netnews and mail, though they may be valid elsewhere, and his suggestion about when to top-post leaves out the *very important* criteria that you don't expect to read any replies to your comment, and don't care if you make life difficult for those who have different expectations. He's right about inadequately-trimmed repklies, though. Not being on a 300 baud modem, I don't think they're as annoying as top-posting, but they are certainly something that we can do without. > In light of these arguments, I hereby reserve the right to revert to > top-posting if the compulsion overwhelms me. That's your right. Be aware that people will ignore, correct and/or complain about you doing so. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
