On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Jesus Arocho wrote: > On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:31:13 am Michael Hennebry wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Jesus Arocho wrote: >>> On Monday, June 28, 2010 02:51:37 pm Michael Hennebry wrote: >>>>> Perhaps it's a typo? >>>>> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/376308.html >>>>> >>>>> (at the very top -- ahead of the "Frank Murphy said" line) >>>> >>>> 'Tain't a typo. >>>> That said, Carroll Grigsby seems smarter than Jesus Arocho. >>>> The latter should answer my question. >>> >>> I am obviously missing a lot here. Michael, would you be so kind as to >>> enlighten me so I can, if not increase my 'smartness' in your eyes, at >>> least learn where I erred? >> >> Yes, after you answer my question. > > That I was a fool, presumably for having preference for top posting, and now > of not being as smart as Carroll. That is an interesting inference. I note that it is based on my statements considerably later in the same post. The inference was *not* based on the location of "Fool." relative to quoted material or to quote headers. "Fool." was deliberately ambiguous. That was its point. I stated that Carroll was smarter than you because Carroll noticed that "Fool." was top-posted. It was a clue. As I have little evidence regarding the smartness of Carroll, I expect one can be less smart than Carroll without being a fool. Beyond this quotation, lies only my signature lines. On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, yours truly, Michael Hennebry wrote: > Fool. > > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Frank Murphy wrote: > > > On 25/06/10 16:53, Jesus Arocho wrote: > > --snip-- > > People do, continue to and will always top post > > > > > > Thanks for the comment. Although I do try to work within the > > > standards > > > of a > > > group, I do prefer top posting, but do not mind reading emails > > > otherwise > > > composed. The argument does seem similar to the egg wars in > > > 'Gulliver's > > > Travels.' > > Nyet. > The best that can be said about top-posting is that > it is better than bottom-posting without trimming. Internal- and > bottom-posting allow responses > to be near their inspirations. > > Also, top-posting strongly correlates with a failure to trim. > Rather a lot of the noise is quoted boilerplate. > > > But on this list: guidelines as sig. > > Top is frowned upon. > > I see it as "When in Rome" > > Don't encourage them. -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
