Dragaera

warning to newbies

Kenneth Gorelick pulmon at comcast.net
Tue Feb 10 09:17:15 PST 2004

On Feb 10, 2004, at 12:11 PM, Jot Powers wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:16:21AM -0600, Johne Cook wrote:
>> This is one of those things that appears to me to be a matter of 
>> personal
>> preference, like which way you install your roll of toilet tissue, or 
>> if
>> your blog posts are ascending or descending.
>
> Well, not that he would say that his answer is authoritative, but 
> Steven
> has expressed his preference for not top-posting, and it is his list.
>
> I only mention this because he had the good sense to formulate an
> opinion that matches mine.  :)
>
> -Jot
> -- 
> Jot Powers 	<books at bofh.com> 		http://www.bofh.com/books/
> "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!"
> 	-Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan
>
>

> I have kept out of this discussion since I am not any kind of computer 
> professional, although I use email extensively in my business. In the 
> few email lists in which I participate, everyone puts new comments 
> above old ones. I presume that this is what you mean by "top posting". 
> It is also virtually universal in my business emails.

My email software automatically places new comments above old ones, so 
I guess I assumed (I know, it makes an ass of u and me) that the 
computer pros who wrote it that way had a reason.

However, as a good list citizen, if there is a standard that everyone 
agrees to I will do my best to comply.

Ken