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"Khubla" |
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22 Feb 2006 04:47:17 PM |
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TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or a
Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long one
just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read the
original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning of a
book and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is always
at the top and the original message underneath as this makes sense. It's
nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find the
reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
Khubla
A Pope in Rome performing Mass and an aboriginal native in Africa dancing
around a
wooden idol are both on the same intellectual plane.
Khubla
The Mass is the most perfect form of self delusion.
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| User: "Lisbeth Andersson" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
23 Feb 2006 09:53:48 AM |
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"Khubla" <khubla@adelphia.net> wrote in
news:A7GdnTlBjPhudGHeRVn-tQ@adelphia.com:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in
reply to a previous post. This kind of logic either had to come
from a fundaments or a Republican. Why should anyone have to
re-read a post, especially a long one just to get to the reply?
I assuming that a normal person would read the original post
before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning of a book
and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is
You must be new to this newsgroup stuff. The way posts propagates
sometimes has the interesting effect that answers to posts arrives
before the original post do.
Most readers also do not save all posts in a newsgroup, so if the
original post did appear before the reply a lot of people have deleted
it by the time your reply arrives.
Also top-posting discourages people from cutting out parts of articles
that they do not respond to, which means that downloading times
increases and it gets less irritating to killfile some top-posters
than to download their posts.
always at the top and the original message underneath as this
makes sense. It's nonsensical to have to keep re-reading
original posting just to find the reply so therefore I will, as
of today, top post all of my replies.
I hate scrolling.
Lisbeth.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 05:26:08 PM |
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"Khubla" <khubla@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:A7GdnTlBjPhudGHeRVn-tQ@adelphia.com...
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or
a Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long
one just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read
the original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning
of a book and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is
always at the top and the original message underneath as this makes sense.
It's nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find
the reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
As long as you are willing to re-examine this decision in light of the
responses you're bound to get, and not hold to it dogmatically, I have no
problem.
Good luck.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 10:48:17 PM |
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Bob Dog
figure out how to tie your shoes.
can't figure it out by yourself, one has to wonder if you can
Guess what, nimrod: this is what top posting looks like. If you
this too difficult for your puny mind to follow?
Gee, Khubla, are you smart enough to read this top post? Or is
Khubla wrote:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or a
Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long one
just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read the
original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning of a
book and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is always
at the top and the original message underneath as this makes sense. It's
nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find the
reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
Khubla
A Pope in Rome performing Mass and an aboriginal native in Africa dancing
around a
wooden idol are both on the same intellectual plane.
Khubla
The Mass is the most perfect form of self delusion.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 08:10:01 PM |
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In <A7GdnTlBjPhudGHeRVn-tQ@adelphia.com>, "Khubla" <khubla@adelphia.net>
wrote:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or
a Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long
one just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read
the original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning
of a book and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is
always at the top and the original message underneath as this makes
sense. It's nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just
to find the reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my
replies.
Email and Usenet are two very different things. Email is not generally
shared with a wide audience with multiple people replying to multiple
parts. I dare you to try to figure out a top posted discussion past about
three levels of quote backs.
Usenet conventions developed long before you got here. Ignore them and
you'll find people ignoring you...
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Mark K. Bilbo
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Mardi Gras is rolling...
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"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "Don Kresch" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 08:25:00 PM |
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In alt.atheism On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:47:17 -0500, "Khubla"
<khubla@adelphia.net> let us all know that:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post.
A: Yes, top posting sucks
Q: Does top posting suck?
Don
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 06:08:15 PM |
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In article <A7GdnTlBjPhudGHeRVn-tQ@adelphia.com>, Khubla
<khubla@adelphia.net> wrote:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or a
Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long one
just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read the
original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning of a
book and not in the middle.
That's the whole point. You don't start reading a book on the last
page. You start with page one. Same with Usenet posts. Sequential
remarks helps those (like me) who don't have time to read every thread
every day, but who may want to catch up on a topic quickly and in
chronological order: Original (or earlier) remarks come first, at the
top of the post, replies last (or later), at the bottom of the post, or
interjected, like this, at the appropriate point.
When replying to an email the curser is always
at the top and the original message underneath as this makes sense. It's
nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find the
reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
This is Usenet. Predates you, the Internet and that [*cough*]
newsreader you're using. You don't get to make the rules. Inability or
unwillingness to follow them only earns you scorn and residence in kill
files.
Khubla
A Pope in Rome performing Mass and an aboriginal native in Africa dancing
around a
wooden idol are both on the same intellectual plane.
Khubla
The Mass is the most perfect form of self delusion.
I see you've not quite caught on to the idea of sig[nature]s, either.
-chib
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Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middla Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "Richo" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 06:26:54 PM |
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Khubla wrote:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post.
Probably someone who noticed it made it hard to follow a conversation?
This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or a
Republican.
Nah! fundamentalists and republicans are crap at logic.
8-)
Mark.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
24 Feb 2006 11:55:32 AM |
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:47:17 -0500, "Khubla" <khubla@adelphia.net> wrote
in alt.atheism
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply to a
previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a fundaments or a
Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a post, especially a long one
just to get to the reply? I assuming that a normal person would read the
original post before the reply(s) just as one starts at the beginning of a
book and not in the middle. When replying to an email the curser is always
at the top and the original message underneath as this makes sense. It's
nonsensical to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find the
reply so therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
Therefore, since you're so fucking inconsiderate of others, and lazy
prepare for a shitload of folks to bypass your posts as it's a royal
pain in the ***** to 'yo yo' trying to put the sequencing together.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: TOP POSTING MAKES SENSE...and good form. |
22 Feb 2006 05:34:52 PM |
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on 22 Feb 2006 in alt.atheism, dear sweet Khubla (khubla@adelphia.net)
made the light shine upon us with this:
I have no idea who decided that it was improper to top post in reply
to a previous post. This kind of logic either had to come from a
fundaments or a Republican. Why should anyone have to re-read a
post, especially a long one just to get to the reply? I assuming
that a normal person would read the original post before the reply(s)
just as one starts at the beginning of a book and not in the middle.
When replying to an email the curser is always at the top and the
original message underneath as this makes sense. It's nonsensical
to have to keep re-reading original posting just to find the reply so
therefore I will, as of today, top post all of my replies.
Khubla
A Pope in Rome performing Mass and an aboriginal native in Africa
dancing around a
wooden idol are both on the same intellectual plane.
Khubla
The Mass is the most perfect form of self delusion.
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