[Ilugc] issue in installing fedora 7
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Wed Oct 24 10:29:55 2007
On 24-Oct-07, at 8:48 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Top posting is something most of us do (and hell, in a work context
it is
something I do all the time, it just works easier - especially when
the rest
of the people in the thread all top post). And you can read the
entire reply
right at the top instead of having to scroll down through a lot of
context.
for the purpose of this argument, posts can be divided into two
categories - archived lists and unarchived posts. In the case of
unarchived posts, say between 4 or 5 people, one *should* top post
and not trim content, so everyone can see the context. In such a
situation, interleaved posting and trimming posts soon leads to an
unreadable mess.
in the case of *archived* lists, the context is always available in
the archive, threads are clearly available in the archives, hence
only enough content to make sense should be retained. Imagine a
thread of 50 messages, all top posted. The result will be:
message no 1 will be archived 50 times
message no 2 will be archived 49 times
message no 3 will be archived 48 times
I leave the computation of how many times the remaining messages are
archived and how much duplicate matter is stored to the reader.
this goes against the fundamental principle of DRY, pollutes
cyberspace with junk and goes against common sense.
That prohibition basically started out back when everybody was on
string and
tincan modem connections, slow uucp links etc. Not really
"applicable" now.
not so - see above
Go after people who send one liners in sms-speak, with my
blessings. This
objection to top posting is an anachronism, though.
you are free to launch a campaign to change the rule - but until it
*is* changed, please abide by the rule
--
regards
kg
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