Re: Please carefullt read my question and answer in kind

Big woo.

Jason O'Rourke wrote self-righteously to Doug:
> OTOH, both of you are top posters, so he is in no position to throw
> stones.

--
John Miller
Usenet admin since 1987

The superfluous is very necessary.
-- Voltaire



John Miller

Really... we're not gonna do that silly top posting thing on here are we?
Gawd I hope not! It's extremely anal! It's not correct. and just wastes
everyone's time. Gripes about misspellings are even more tollerable!


"John Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:bdat12$r99$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Big woo.


Hehe.

> Jason O'Rourke wrote self-righteously to Doug:
> > OTOH, both of you are top posters, so he is in no position to throw
> > stones.

What about middle-posting? No wait don't answer that.


> --
> John Miller
> Usenet admin since 1987

....


> The superfluous is very necessary.
> -- Voltaire


Sigh...

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Tesselator <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Really... we're not gonna do that silly top posting thing on here are we?
: Gawd I hope not! It's extremely anal! It's not correct. and just wastes
: everyone's time. Gripes about misspellings are even more tollerable!


It's the people that whine about top posting instead of their prefered method of
bottom posting that are anal. They don't even realize how much of a pain bottom
posting is.

: "John Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:bdat12$r99$(E-Mail Removed)...
:> Big woo.


: Hehe.

:> Jason O'Rourke wrote self-righteously to Doug:
:> > OTOH, both of you are top posters, so he is in no position to throw
:> > stones.

: What about middle-posting? No wait don't answer that.


:> --
:> John Miller
:> Usenet admin since 1987

: ...


:> The superfluous is very necessary.
:> -- Voltaire


: Sigh...





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Frank Pittel wrote:
> It's the people that whine about top posting instead of their prefered
> method of bottom posting that are anal. They don't even realize how much
> of a pain bottom posting is.

Actually, the bigger pain than either is failure to trim quotes well.

--
John "top, bottom, don't care, really" Miller

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know
how to lie well.
-Samuel Butler

Frank Pittel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Tesselator <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>: Really... we're not gonna do that silly top posting thing on here
>: are we? Gawd I hope not! It's extremely anal! It's not correct.
>: and just wastes everyone's time. Gripes about misspellings are even
>: more tollerable!
>
>
> It's the people that whine about top posting instead of their prefered
> method of bottom posting that are anal. They don't even realize how
> much of a pain bottom posting is.

People prefer to bottom-post because that's how normal people normally
read. They start at the top, and go down. Noone starts at the bottom of a
page and works their way up.


>: "John Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>: news:bdat12$r99$(E-Mail Removed)...
>:> Big woo.
>
>
>: Hehe.
>
>:> Jason O'Rourke wrote self-righteously to Doug:
>:> > OTOH, both of you are top posters, so he is in no position to
>:> > throw stones.
>
>: What about middle-posting? No wait don't answer that.
>
>
>:> --
>:> John Miller
>:> Usenet admin since 1987
>
>: ...
>
>
>:> The superfluous is very necessary.
>:> -- Voltaire
>
>
>: Sigh...
>
>
>
>
>

"Jon Pike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Xns93A5439868B34LessThanPerfectInc@24.71.223. 159...
> Frank Pittel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Tesselator <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >: Really... we're not gonna do that silly top posting thing on here
> >: are we? Gawd I hope not! It's extremely anal! It's not correct.
> >: and just wastes everyone's time. Gripes about misspellings are even
> >: more tollerable!
> >
> >
> > It's the people that whine about top posting instead of their prefered
> > method of bottom posting that are anal. They don't even realize how
> > much of a pain bottom posting is.
>
> People prefer to bottom-post because that's how normal people normally
> read. They start at the top, and go down. Noone starts at the bottom of a
> page and works their way up.
>
>

Not true! Just the opposite. You read the first post in a thread and the
successive replies. The reply is at the top where normal people place
thier eyes on the page ready to read the next bit of reply. Anyway I'm
with John Miller... I don't really care where it's posted just as long
noone complains about it and spouts off with how to post as being the
word of the NNTP gods like there even are such rules. LOL

"Tesselator" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Not true! Just the opposite. You read the first post in a thread and the
> successive replies. The reply is at the top where normal people place
> thier eyes on the page ready to read the next bit of reply. Anyway I'm
> with John Miller... I don't really care where it's posted just as long
> noone complains about it and spouts off with how to post as being the
> word of the NNTP gods like there even are such rules. LOL

Ah, someone to whom the term 'netiquette' will come as a novelty.

B>

Tesselator wrote:

> Not true! Just the opposite. You read the first post in a thread and the
> successive replies. The reply is at the top where normal people place
> thier eyes on the page ready to read the next bit of reply. Anyway I'm
> with John Miller... I don't really care where it's posted just as long
> noone complains about it and spouts off with how to post as being the
> word of the NNTP gods like there even are such rules. LOL

This is entirely wrong.

I want to know what it is about, and I want to see the question coming
before the answer. So do most people.

Therefore, any reply ought to come after what is being replied to.

--
Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway
http://www.alpha-gruppen.com/

"Bruce Murphy" <pack-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Tesselator" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > Not true! Just the opposite. You read the first post in a thread and the
> > successive replies. The reply is at the top where normal people place
> > thier eyes on the page ready to read the next bit of reply. Anyway I'm
> > with John Miller... I don't really care where it's posted just as long
> > noone complains about it and spouts off with how to post as being the
> > word of the NNTP gods like there even are such rules. LOL
>
> Ah, someone to whom the term 'netiquette' will come as a novelty.
>



Netiquette would have much much more to do with slighting or dissing
someone in a one-liner than it would have to do with wheather you
placed you reply text at the top, bottom, or middle of the (included
for your _convienience_) quoted text of the previous message. But
it's ok. We forgive you.

"pioe[rmv]" <"pioe[rmv]"@coldsiberia.org> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Tesselator wrote:
>
> > Not true! Just the opposite. You read the first post in a thread and
the
> > successive replies. The reply is at the top where normal people place
> > thier eyes on the page ready to read the next bit of reply. Anyway I'm
> > with John Miller... I don't really care where it's posted just as long
> > noone complains about it and spouts off with how to post as being the
> > word of the NNTP gods like there even are such rules. LOL
>
> This is entirely wrong.
>
> I want to know what it is about, and I want to see the question coming
> before the answer. So do most people.
>
> Therefore, any reply ought to come after what is being replied to.
>
> --
> Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway
> http://www.alpha-gruppen.com/
>
this is an interesting subject. I just got bitched out about it on another
newsgroup. With all that is wrong in the world I can't believe people get
so wrapped up about whether you post on top or below. I normally top post
and try to post to the person I am responding to. Now I feel like I have
been hammered into posting at the bottom

And what does this have to do with photography anyway?