File System

[Robin Laing]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 04:07:11PM -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> 
>>On 3/21/06, Tony Heaton <theaton at lanl.gov> wrote:
>>
>>>sorry, didn't mean to put the -a after mount in my previous message.
>>>
>>>Sorry for posting at the top.  It's a hard habit to break when 99% of
>>>the lists I read want it at the top or in the mix:(
>>
>>To be honest, no one really cares if you top post or not, but it only
>>takes a moment to ridicule someone over the Internet.  Some folks need
>>the self-esteem boost of making fun of a top-poster.
>>
>>--
>>Chris
>>
> 
> The good news is top posting makes logical sense unless you normally
> read English from bottom to top. And many of us do care.
> 
> The bad news I can't convince my wife of this fact and it leads to
> arguments that are tiring.

Top posting is backwards in a chronological sense.  You start the 
history of the thread at the top and end at the bottom.  At least that 
is how I see it.

Yesterday's news should come before today's.


-- 
Robin Laing