Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [OT] Shamelessly copied (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 upgrade)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:04:05
Message-Id: 200702251557.22653.bss03@volumehost.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 upgrade by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"
1 On Sunday 25 February 2007, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@××××.dk> wrote
2 about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 upgrade':
3 > And please stop top-posting (shamelessly copied from one of Boyd's
4 > posts..):
5
6 I shamelessly copied it from someone else [*], so I don't really deserve
7 the credit. I thought it was one of the Neils that first posted it (at
8 least to the gentoo-* lists).
9
10 > A: It reverses the reading order of the conversation.
11 > Q: Why's top-posting so bad?
12 > A: Top-posting and insufficient quote trimming.
13 > Q: What's the most annoying thing on mailing lists and USENET?
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22 [*] Well, I actually retype it each time so it changes a bit... I'm still
23 searching for the optimal wording.