Top posters This month Nov 2009

"Twayne" wrote in message
JD typed:
Did you see the part about Kill Files?

Kill Files are useless these days. You still see the killed poster in the
responses.

Should I announce your presence?

Woops!

"Twayne" wrote in message
JD typed:
Did you see the part about Kill Files?

Kill Files are useless these days. You still see the killed poster in the
responses.

Should I announce your presence?

Woops!

Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote:

I'm always curious about those who *insist* in newsgroups that
everyone should bottom-post - do they do the same in e-mails, or go
along with what (in my experience) the overwhelming majority of
people do, and top-post?

No you should post your reply immediately below the text you are
replying to.

And yes, that goes for e-mails as well.

"No problem at all. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and
read backwards."
"Only thing is ... I forgot where we started."
"How right you are."
"Yeah ... sure does make us stand out, doesn't it?"
"Maybe they're just not as clever as we are."
"I wonder why nobody else top-posts?"
"That's nice."
"I'm a top-poster too."
"Yes."
"Are you a top-poster?"
"Hi."
"Hi."

A conversation between two top-posters:

And, it's fine. Each already knows what they said to the other.
Seldom to they have to look thru the historical part of the posts.
It's faster, the response is right there in front of them with no
need to scroll down to get to the response of a longer post, and they
are quite happy with their conversation.
If you're coming into the middle of the conversation, that's your
problem: The post wasn't addressed to you. And that makes this
example your problem, no one elses.

HTH,

Twayne`

Bet you talk loudly on your mobile in public places too!

--
--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote:

I'm always curious about those who *insist* in newsgroups that
everyone should bottom-post - do they do the same in e-mails, or go
along with what (in my experience) the overwhelming majority of
people do, and top-post?

No you should post your reply immediately below the text you are
replying to.

And yes, that goes for e-mails as well.

"No problem at all. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and
read backwards."
"Only thing is ... I forgot where we started."
"How right you are."
"Yeah ... sure does make us stand out, doesn't it?"
"Maybe they're just not as clever as we are."
"I wonder why nobody else top-posts?"
"That's nice."
"I'm a top-poster too."
"Yes."
"Are you a top-poster?"
"Hi."
"Hi."

A conversation between two top-posters:

And, it's fine. Each already knows what they said to the other.
Seldom to they have to look thru the historical part of the posts.
It's faster, the response is right there in front of them with no
need to scroll down to get to the response of a longer post, and they
are quite happy with their conversation.
If you're coming into the middle of the conversation, that's your
problem: The post wasn't addressed to you. And that makes this
example your problem, no one elses.

HTH,

Twayne`

Bet you talk loudly on your mobile in public places too!

--
--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

JacobH wrote:
Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote:

I'm always curious about those who *insist* in newsgroups that
everyone should bottom-post - do they do the same in e-mails, or go
along with what (in my experience) the overwhelming majority of
people do, and top-post?

No you should post your reply immediately below the text you are
replying to.

And yes, that goes for e-mails as well.

"No problem at all. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and
read backwards."
"Only thing is ... I forgot where we started."
"How right you are."
"Yeah ... sure does make us stand out, doesn't it?"
"Maybe they're just not as clever as we are."
"I wonder why nobody else top-posts?"
"That's nice."
"I'm a top-poster too."
"Yes."
"Are you a top-poster?"
"Hi."
"Hi."

A conversation between two top-posters:

And, it's fine. Each already knows what they said to the other.
Seldom to they have to look thru the historical part of the posts.
It's faster, the response is right there in front of them with no
need to scroll down to get to the response of a longer post, and they
are quite happy with their conversation.
If you're coming into the middle of the conversation, that's your
problem: The post wasn't addressed to you. And that makes this
example your problem, no one elses.

HTH,

Twayne`

Bet you talk loudly on your mobile in public places too!

--

Maybe I should expand a bit before you napalm me!

That conversation between 2 posters was clearly private between them. If
they elect to make it public by posting it in a puplic forum, it is
encumbant upon them to adhere to the protocol of that forum.
In the same manner if you elect to talk on your mobile (cell) in a
public place e.g. a library, do so quietly and don't be surprised if
your 'private' conversation is public! Or better still DON'T.


--
--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

JacobH wrote:
Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote:

I'm always curious about those who *insist* in newsgroups that
everyone should bottom-post - do they do the same in e-mails, or go
along with what (in my experience) the overwhelming majority of
people do, and top-post?

No you should post your reply immediately below the text you are
replying to.

And yes, that goes for e-mails as well.

"No problem at all. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and
read backwards."
"Only thing is ... I forgot where we started."
"How right you are."
"Yeah ... sure does make us stand out, doesn't it?"
"Maybe they're just not as clever as we are."
"I wonder why nobody else top-posts?"
"That's nice."
"I'm a top-poster too."
"Yes."
"Are you a top-poster?"
"Hi."
"Hi."

A conversation between two top-posters:

And, it's fine. Each already knows what they said to the other.
Seldom to they have to look thru the historical part of the posts.
It's faster, the response is right there in front of them with no
need to scroll down to get to the response of a longer post, and they
are quite happy with their conversation.
If you're coming into the middle of the conversation, that's your
problem: The post wasn't addressed to you. And that makes this
example your problem, no one elses.

HTH,

Twayne`

Bet you talk loudly on your mobile in public places too!

--

Maybe I should expand a bit before you napalm me!

That conversation between 2 posters was clearly private between them. If
they elect to make it public by posting it in a puplic forum, it is
encumbant upon them to adhere to the protocol of that forum.
In the same manner if you elect to talk on your mobile (cell) in a
public place e.g. a library, do so quietly and don't be surprised if
your 'private' conversation is public! Or better still DON'T.


--
--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

adhere to the protocol of that forum.

Which forum are you talking about here Jacob ? There is no protocol in this one
(windowsxp.basic)
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Peter

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"JacobH" wrote in message
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JacobH wrote:
Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote:

adhere to the protocol of that forum.

Which forum are you talking about here Jacob ? There is no protocol in this one
(windowsxp.basic)
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"JacobH" wrote in message
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JacobH wrote:
Twayne wrote:
In ,
Steve Hayes typed:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0000, "Olórin"
wrote: