[SATLUG] I have a friend

[REYNOLDS, JEREMY (SBCSI)]

 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: satlug-bounces at satlug.org [mailto:satlug-bounces at satlug.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Wallace
 >Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:43 PM
 >To: The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List
 >Subject: Re: [SATLUG] I have a friend
 >
 >
 >Is it possible for SATLUG to go more than a couple months without the
 >top-post vs. bottom-post argument coming up?  The horse is dead; no
 >more beating, please.
 >
 >-Mike
 >
 >On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 05:23:26 +0800, TriKster Abacus
 ><trikster_abacus at linuxmail.org> wrote:
 >>  Crap.. I did this twice..(Now 3 times, since satlug hates
bellsouth.net)...I didn't think it was important the first time reply..
but after re-reading it.. I figured it was worth saying...
 >> 
 >> I "top-post" I think IMHO that it is the best way to reply to a
message, so that a person reading it has a clue on what YOU were
saying.. I detest it to the greatest degree.. when people carry-on with
a thread.. and keep posting to the bottom till you have to scroll down
GOD who knows how far to read the reply.
 >> 
 >> So Dave.. ROCK ON!!!.. Top post all you want.. cuz some of us.. we
hate to scroll to the bottom to read someone's one sentence or a few
single words worth of a reply to read bull crap.. ROCK ON MAN!
 >> 
 >> Thank you
 >> 
 >> Sincerely,
 >> 
 >> TriKster Abacus
 >> 
 >> 
 >> Sean Carolan wrote:
 >> 
 >> >On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:34:19 -0600, Dave Hyde <dave at jesinc.com>
wrote:
 >> >
 >> >
 >> >>Who is looking for an IT job any body have any suggestions.
 >> >>
 >> >>
 >> >
 >> >Dave:
 >> >
 >> >I don't have a job available but I do have a suggestion - when you
are
 >> >posting to the list, don't just hit 'reply' to the digest email
that
 >> >you receive.  When you do that it sends a whole new copy of the
entire
 >> >digest which most of us have already read at least once.
 >> >
 >> >Better to just start a new email to satlug at satlug.org.  Also,
 >> >top-posting is largely looked down upon among tech circles so try
to
 >> >put your replies to other posters *underneath* what they wrote so
it
 >> >reads more logically from top to bottom.  (I'm sometimes guilty of
 >> >top-posting too, what can I say, gmail spoils you by hiding all the
 >> >quoted text in a conversation so you never see them unless you want
 >> >to.)
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I agree!