On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 04:28:53PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/14/08 16:07, David wrote: > > Alex Samad wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:32:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> On 01/14/08 10:21, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > >>>> Sorry for offtopic but I'm wondering if the cause of avoiding of top > >>>> posting is in something technical (e.g. to help forum software to > >>>> create weekly digests correctly) or is it a question of etiquette? > >>> Rationality, because while some cultures read left->right, and > >>> others read right->left, all read top->bottom. None read bottom->top. > >> [flame on] > >> but we do read chronologically (in date order) and I for one hate > >> having to go 3 pages down to read the answer to the previous email (in > >> a threaded news reader!). > >> > >> Although I do admit that if you start in the last email of a thread it > >> easier to read top to bottom > > > > I think that different date formats are employed even in different > > English speaking countries. > > > > As far as top-posting is concerned, in order to assist the OP - two > > words - 'Logical Progression'. > > Sure. YYYY-MM-DD; DD-AAA-YYYY; MM/DD/YY; DD/MM/YY, etc. my mail reader sort my mail in date order and links together all the threaded emails. I read them in date/time order, if I follow a thread from begging to end, then all i should have to do is read the top posts, but if they bottom posted, then as the thread grows I find I have to scroll further down, re reading the same information I have read in the previous email. > > But no one counts down unless they know what the top number is. > > > Especially within a problem resolving format, such as this list, > > top-posting supplies a complete, step by step history of the situation > > from initial problem to final solution. > > > > Of course, the lazy way is just to read the top of the exchange and grab > > the solution, but: this means that no level of understanding is achieved > > by the reader; the reader doesn't have the opportunity to contribute to > > the situation; bottom-up posting doesn't contribute to efficient > > archiving; and Debian, at least from my experience, isn't in the market > > of catering to laziness. > > Regards, > > > > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian > because I hate vegetables!" > unknown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHi+IlS9HxQb37XmcRArY9AKDZhQ+ZIWswVcYWbfiLwNDtavkeRgCgtrc9 > +hDlVGSjZvPw19bMg9EXnHg= > =w2K4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "That's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric." - George W. Bush 08/08/2003 Crawford, TX
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