On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, jdow wrote: > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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? yup. so you won't have any objection if i start posting in HTML? or refuse to trim my included text? hey, what if i start hijacking threads? does that work for you, joanne? no? then stop being such a condescending twit. rday
