On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 17:43 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> Roger Beever wrote:
[snipped]
> It is confusing to read an answer and not have any idea of the
> content/context to which it is related
>
> Jeff
Yeah...and when I'm in the archives, I read just the way I read the
morning paper, the TV Guide, or the bible: Top to bottom. I don't mind
'scanning' over the leadup to the question, but I *really* don't like
hunting the answer when some of the people post at the top.
Posting at the top is lazy; it's because the emailers start there,
and people learn the habit. Nowhere else in literature does anyone
write from bottom-to-top. If you're gonna communicate with people,
retain the 'paper' metaphor and letters-left-to-right, sentences-top-to-
bottom like everywhere else in the literal world.
(Unless you're on an Isreali Linux box in Hebrew, etc writing right-
to-left. :) )
I think people forget that everything that gets typed here is part
of the public record...and can sometimes solve difficult problems for
people, ya know?
...just the way I feel about it, sorry.
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