Top vs. bottom posting, solution proposal ;-)

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 15 21:42:15 UTC 2006


From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com>
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Andy Oram wrote:
> 
>> Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>>
>> > So, I devoted a couple of hours of my time to write down some
>> > prototype of top/bottom post converter, creatively named
>> > top2bottom.c :-) .
>> >
>> I am impressed that you thought of doing this--creating a technical
>> solution to a social problem.
> 
> IMHO, implementing something like this is a really bad idea, since it
> implies that posters can revert to being sloppy about their posting
> etiquette, knowing that some technical wizardry will fix it for them.
> 
> please -- i'm begging you -- do *not* start this discussion yet again.
> i could have sworn that there is now an official edict somewhere on
> redhat.com that states clearly that top posting is a *bad* *thing*.
> can we please just accept that and not go through this every month?

Adults don't care and adapt. Children complain.

Got it?

Good.

If shoe fits, wear it until you grow enough it doesn't fit.

{^_^}




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