[GLLUG] Thursday's Meeting?

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

time consuming, and besides, I can still remember emails that I actually 
read for a couple of days, at least..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Rambo" <mrambo at lsd.k12.mi.us>
To: <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Thursday's Meeting?


> Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
>> I believe botton posting is not proper, because you force people reading 
>> a reply to go all the way down,
>
> Which inconveniences how? You have to go down to see what the reply is 
> replying to anyway.
>
>> instead of open/read quickly.
>>
>
> And you lose the capacity to make comments follow specific conversation 
> elements. Opening and reading quickly seems unlikely to have much to do 
> with it. More likely too concerned with what is easiest to write without 
> the need to properly configure your mailer than with what is easiest for 
> the readers of your prose.
>
> Top posting certainly expresses no concern for those who come after the 
> fact (days, months, or years later) with no immediate knowledge of the 
> conversation thread. That can be a nightmare to untangle.
>
> How tough it is to understand that you reply to what has already been 
> stated (e.g. gone on before your reply)?
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Hruska" 
>> <thruska at cubiclesoft.com>
>> To: "David Crampton" <dave.crampton at gmail.com>; <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Thursday's Meeting?
>>
>>
>>> David Crampton wrote:
>>>> On 5/16/07, Thomas Hruska <thruska at cubiclesoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> posting?
>>>>> top-
>>>>> people
>>>>> you
>>>>> are
>>>>> why
>>>>> dude,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Seriously.
>>>>
>>> > Why not?
>>>
>>> Because top-posting is not proper netiquette.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Thomas Hruska
>>> CubicleSoft President
>>> Ph: 517-803-4197
>>>
>
>
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> Mike Rambo
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>
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