ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!! [WTF does the acronym "EDTN" stand for in termsof textphones?]

Ivor Jones

<mymail@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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: : On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:50:37 +0000 (UTC), rodd@panix.com
: : (Rod Dorman) wrote:
: :
: : : In article
: : : <gbvmi39v2marc9tnvgvmmcfuug9h1dsmtg@4ax.com>,
: : : <mymail@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
: : : : There is nothing at all wrong with top posting if
: : : : you don't like it then don't read it .
: : :
: : : It *is* wrong to top post when the newsgroup
: : : convention is to post answers and comments in-line.
: :
: : I know that but I am sick of Ivor and people like Ivor
: : telling people what to do and what not to do because
: : anything posted to this group or any other group you or
: : I can do anything about . Like with spammers the more
: : you tell hem no to do it they will do it all the more
: : so why waste your time complaining about them here .

Indeed, Ron. So why *are* you doing exactly that..?!

Ivor

R. Mark Clayton

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in
> message news:8eednf-Ag6G_mLbanZ2dnUVZ8sylnZ2d@bt.com
> : : I don't normally, only when the previous poster is
> : : stupid or a pedant.
>
> Don't normally what..?
>
> See what I mean..?
>
> Ivor
pedant


Is that better?

kiwi

On Nov 5, 5:01 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "Ivor Jones" <i...@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:5p14d1Fon6jeU1@mid.individual.net...> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com> wrote in
> > messagenews:8eednf-Ag6G_mLbanZ2dnUVZ8sylnZ2d@bt.com
> > : : I don't normally, only when the previous poster is
> > : : stupid or a pedant.
>
> > Don't normally what..?
>
> > See what I mean..?
>
> > Ivor
>
> pedant
>
> Is that better?

This is quite interesting, I do wonder why there has to be a "right"
or "wrong" way, surely it is what is customary, in some places top
posting is what is the usual way, but seeing as some people who post
to groups like this are not particularly computer savvy I think you
will get people doing things like top posting, not deleting long, long
posts, not being very clear in what they mean, using language that
some of us might find a little offensive and the like. The idea is to
choose to not let it get to you, I think it is very easy to take
things the wrong way when texting, emailing or posting to web groups
so I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, though sometimes it
is quite clear than some aim to be offensive - not naming anyone!! :-)
June

NOSPAM

The message <1194251803.342056.75320@v23g2000prn.googlegroups. com>
from kiwi <dunedin1930@gmail.com> contains these words:

> This is quite interesting, I do wonder why there has to be a "right"
> or "wrong" way, surely it is what is customary, in some places top
> posting is what is the usual way, but seeing as some people who post
> to groups like this are not particularly computer savvy I think you
> will get people doing things like top posting, not deleting long, long
> posts, not being very clear in what they mean, using language that
> some of us might find a little offensive and the like. The idea is to
> choose to not let it get to you, I think it is very easy to take
> things the wrong way when texting, emailing or posting to web groups
> so I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, though sometimes it
> is quite clear than some aim to be offensive - not naming anyone!! :-)
> June



I have always thought it was because when USENET started most users were
at academic institutions (i.e. someone else paying the bill) and quite
possibly using paper printouts so easier to add comments at the end.

It all gets very boring now, if I see a screen full of text then I
usually go to the next messsage rather than scroll all the way to the
bottom.

Chris Davies

NOSPAM <nospam@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> It all gets very boring now, if I see a screen full of text then I
> usually go to the next messsage rather than scroll all the way to the
> bottom.

Yes, quite. That's why bottom posting (or better still, inline posting)
works well only when the poster takes the time to edit the content
properly.

Chris

Ivor Jones

"Chris Davies" <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote in message
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: : NOSPAM <nospam@invalid.invalid> wrote:
: : : It all gets very boring now, if I see a screen full
: : : of text then I usually go to the next messsage rather
: : : than scroll all the way to the bottom.
: :
: : Yes, quite. That's why bottom posting (or better still,
: : inline posting) works well only when the poster takes
: : the time to edit the content properly.

And why top posting never works, as you have to scroll down to see what
the previous poster (who had probably bottom posted) said.

Ivor
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?