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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2006Is this a top posting?
All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put some crap above the text? This is top posting. > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting > when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put > some crap above the text? This is bottom posting. > This is top posting. > >> All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting ************************************************** And this is a mid posting. Amazing, isn't it? ************************************************** >> when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put >> some crap above the text? > > This is bottom posting. > ************************************************** > > And this is a mid posting. Amazing, isn't it? > > ************************************************** Why don't you get a hobby - something to fill the long lonely hours when obviously you have nothing better to do. >> ************************************************** >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Why don't you get a hobby - something to fill the long lonely hours when > obviously you have nothing better to do. Already have one: teasing morons. In article <R5kSf.48587$d5.204915@newsb.telia.net>, n > d >"Rudy Benner" <bit_bucket@rudybenner.com> wrote in message >news:121jg1hcan3a249@corp.supernews.com... t >> This is top posting. h >> i >> "Zeke" <zeke@galama.xyz> wrote in message s >> news:i3jSf.48577$d5.204918@newsb.telia.net... >>> All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting i > s >************************************************** > l > And this is a mid posting. Amazing, isn't it? e > f >************************************************** t > >>> when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put p >>> some crap above the text? o >>> s >> t >> This is bottom posting. i >> n > g > > A > n [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > g > > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top > posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if > I would put some crap above the text? <G> But off-topic! > > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top > > posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But off-topic! I could have sworn that I once read a post from another David J Taylor that informed me that posts about posts were never off topic - but I could be wrong, and I don't like swearing :) >> > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top >> > posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > informed me that posts about posts were never off topic - but I could be > wrong, and I don't like swearing :) But then - how about posts about off-topic posts - are those off-topic? > >> > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top > >> > posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > But then - how about posts about off-topic posts - are those off-topic? Only when bottom posted. But, as usual when the posting debates start, the original issue remains unanswered. So back to reality: How to avoid top-posting when starting a thread? Is the first line on top of nothing or second to nothing? >> > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top >> > posting when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > informed me that posts about posts were never off topic - but I could be > wrong, and I don't like swearing :)  SignatureJust don't put the little das-dash-space first (like I just did) & it'll be ok. > But, as usual when the posting debates start, the original issue remains > unanswered. So back to reality: How to avoid top-posting when starting a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >>informed me that posts about posts were never off topic - but I could be >>wrong, and I don't like swearing :) That depends if it's done on a Mac or a PC - personally I think it's far better done on a PC, but not if you're a christian (oops, sorry - didn't mean to bring religion into this debate!) :) > But, as usual when the posting debates start, the original issue remains > unanswered. So back to reality: How to avoid top-posting when starting a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > informed me that posts about posts were never off topic - but I could be > > wrong, and I don't like swearing :) So what's your point? When you say "if you're a christian" what is that? "Christian" as opposed to what? > That depends if it's done on a Mac or a PC - personally I think it's far > better done on a PC, but not if you're a christian (oops, sorry - didn't [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> > be >> > wrong, and I don't like swearing :) NonChristian. > So what's your point? When you say "if you're a christian" what is that? > "Christian" as opposed to what? God-damn you're quick - you beat me to that one! > NonChristian. > > > So what's your point? When you say "if you're a christian" what is that? > > "Christian" as opposed to what? > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting > when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put > some crap above the text? TROLL. SignatureThomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 >>All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting >>when I start a thread? Would it make you feel a lot better if I would put >>some crap above the text? >> > TROLL. Ah. Dites-donc! But he is amusing. I like amusing trolls, have no use for the other kind. And, we responded..... SignatureJohn McWilliams > All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting > when I start a thread? Don't post idiotic statements like that and you'll avoid the problem quite handilly. Glad I could help. >> All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting >> when I start a thread? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Glad I could help. So sad - you don't understand a bit. I'll try to explain myself: Some newsgroups have a "culture" of paying more attention to the form than the contents of messages. When someone without experience of newsgroups try to post a question it will be answered with: - RTFM, idiot! - This is off-topic! - Don't top post in this group This is quite disencouraging for newcomers, so it would be nice if experienced newsgroup users could be a bit more generous. That's my point. Was it to hidden for you? >>>All you wise pedants out there - can you tell me how to avoid top posting >>>when I start a thread? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > So sad - you don't understand a bit. I'll try to explain myself: I just saw it as a bit of irritating trollery. Still do. This group generally stays on topic with little sidebar discussions on form, usually instigated by people complaining about top posting and excessively long sigs, esp. those without "--" so that the sigs re removed in replies. Both are irritating behaviour, but lesser sins than raising a ruckus for the sake of raising a ruckus which is truly sad behaviour. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. > I just saw it as a bit of irritating trollery. Still do. I took it as being a light-hearted troll for a bit of fun - don't tell me he was serious? |
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