People who top post should be banned from Usenet

"...
personally I prefer top posting as I tire of having to
scroll to the very bottom of a message just to find a few lines of text.
...."

AGREE with that!


"Dan" wrote in message
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In article , RSD99
wrote
"...
personally I prefer top posting as I tire of having to
scroll to the very bottom of a message just to find a few lines of text.
..."

AGREE with that!

Why didn't you then? And what's with all that tidy snipping? ;-)
--
Roger Hunt

Jim Davis wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:22:47 +0000, Roger Hunt
wrote/replied to:


marginally better than the half-arsed snip that loses
portions of the info


Hell, if people used Agent, you could simply highlight with your mouse
anything you wanted quoted, and bingo, it'd be quoted when you
replied. But no, you gotta go and use someting like OE.

Or if you didn't know this but actually use Agent..

I have no time for people who can't be bothered moving their mouse a
few short mms, or even think that top posting is perfectly alright.
Those people have **** for brains, pure and simple.



I gotta get me this Agent thingy, where Can I get a copy that runs on
Linux?

Paul

tops rule!

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:05:33 -0500, Paul Schmidt
wrote:

Jim Davis wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:22:47 +0000, Roger Hunt
wrote/replied to:


marginally better than the half-arsed snip that loses
portions of the info


Hell, if people used Agent, you could simply highlight with your mouse
anything you wanted quoted, and bingo, it'd be quoted when you
replied. But no, you gotta go and use someting like OE.

Or if you didn't know this but actually use Agent..

I have no time for people who can't be bothered moving their mouse a
few short mms, or even think that top posting is perfectly alright.
Those people have **** for brains, pure and simple.



I gotta get me this Agent thingy, where Can I get a copy that runs on
Linux?

Paul

Jim Davis wrote:

[SNIP}

Hell, if people used Agent, you could simply highlight with your mouse
anything you wanted quoted, and bingo, it'd be quoted when you
replied. But no, you gotta go and use someting like OE.

[SNIP]

Oh my gosh! If I continue to use OE I have to spend 3 seconds more
highlighting what I want snipped and type "[SNIP]".

And yes, I've tried agent and was not overly impressed. But that's been
awhile so would you provide an objective list of the features that make
Agent significantly better than OE6?

somebody said:
personally I prefer top posting as I tire of having to
scroll to the very bottom of a message just to find a few lines of text.

"RSD99" wrote
AGREE with that!

If it's been several hours since reading the quoted messages, and there are
several replies through the thread, I always find myself scrolling down to
refresh on what exactly spawned the reply. Though, IMHO, most top posters
top post, because they don't have much to add the discussion, often more just
a quip

--
A newbie's first Usenet encounter occurs without a prophylactic

I have been participating in electronic conversations ( USENET, CompuServe,
direct dial-up BBS, whatever ) for about 20 years. I have always
"top-posted" because it seemed the natural thing to do. When I'm following a
conversation, say on this newsgroup, it seems completely natural that the
newest contribution be on top. I have no problem stepping into on ongoing
thread and catching up reading bottom up. To me, it's just a matter of
style, and have found the fury of those who find it obscene rather humorous.

Bye.

"Steve Young" wrote in message
...
somebody said:
personally I prefer top posting as I tire of having to
scroll to the very bottom of a message just to find a few lines of
text.

"RSD99" wrote
AGREE with that!

If it's been several hours since reading the quoted messages, and there
are
several replies through the thread, I always find myself scrolling down to
refresh on what exactly spawned the reply. Though, IMHO, most top
posters
top post, because they don't have much to add the discussion, often more
just
a quip

--
A newbie's first Usenet encounter occurs without a prophylactic

In article , Tedd Belle
wrote
tops rule!

Did you know that "tops rule" is an anagram of "toe slurp"?

I've never met a Toe Slurper before! Wossit like?
--
Roger Hunt

I go with the top posting, seems like the thing to do.....


"RSD99" wrote in message
...
"...
personally I prefer top posting as I tire of having to
scroll to the very bottom of a message just to find a few lines of text.
..."

AGREE with that!


"Dan" wrote in message
...

Jim Davis wrote:

Never mind. Make me a filter that filters out any top post. I have
never read a top posted mail that was worth reading. I'm serious.

That is indeed very close to the truth.

Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway