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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:51:56 +1000
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I Agree.

On 1/07/2011 6:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Yasha Karant wrote:
>
>> On 06/30/2011 01:03 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>>
>>>> As for top or bottom posts, I and many others with whom I have
>>>> discussed this point over a number of years prefer top posting
>>>> so that one can immediately get to the new information, ...
>>>
>>>     with all due respect, grow the f**k up.  top vs bottom posting has
>>> been a settled issue for *years*, and anyone who still thinks that
>>> their personal preferences have any value whatsoever needs to go back
>>> to AOL, and leave technical mailing lists to the grownups.
>>>
>>> rday
>>
>> It is not duly respectful to anyone to use language such as you have
>> in posted, professional discourse, irrespective of the comments or
>> opinion of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Her/his opinion is that top
>> posting is the only appropriate method.  Thus, there are differences
>> of opinion.
>
>    i am long past the point of giving a crap about "differences of
> opinion" with respect to mailing lists.  there is a right way to
> participate in such mailing lists -- if you want to know what that way
> is, "google" is your friend.  and, seriously, if anyone still hasn't
> figured out basic mailing list etiquette, they're not ready to
> participate in such lists.
>
> rday (who is getting seriously tired of, every week, reading the same
> swill on a mailing list somewhere)
>

Sorry, I just had to ;)

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Steven Haigh

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