fwiw, I wasn't attempting to top post or anything... I was simply replying to those that had replied to me, and to other things that didn't sit right. I generally just read along and say nothing... sorry if I wasn't following proper etiquette though, I suppose it's much better etiquette to make pointless off-topic posts declaring such things. Live and learn. On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 09:21 -0600, Steve Lindemann wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > Top posting is universally despised among Linux and Usenet users for > > years and doing so is the mark of a newbie user who comes from a > > Windows-centric background, where such things are condoned like having > > drive letters instead of names. > > I've been trying to explain to one of my windoze centric co-workers why > top posting is not appropriate and couldn't find the right words. Thank > you! List ettiquete has always been a contentious issue, right from the > beginning when we etched our missives using rock tablets (I vaguely > remember it 8^) but I've always read from left to right and top to > bottom and it's hard, for me anyway, to go at it backwards. > -- > Steve Lindemann __ > Network Administrator //\\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Marmot Library Network, Inc. \\// against HTML/RTF email, > url: http://www.marmot.org //\\ vCards & M$ attachments > email: mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxx > voice: +1.970.242.3331 ext 116 > fax: +1.970.245.7854 > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
