From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [OT] Shamelessly copied (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 upgrade)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:57:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702251557.22653.bss03@volumehost.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200702251640.44870.bo.andresen@zlin.dk>
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On Sunday 25 February 2007, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@zlin.dk> wrote
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xfce4 upgrade':
> And please stop top-posting (shamelessly copied from one of Boyd's
> posts..):
I shamelessly copied it from someone else [*], so I don't really deserve
the credit. I thought it was one of the Neils that first posted it (at
least to the gentoo-* lists).
> A: It reverses the reading order of the conversation.
> Q: Why's top-posting so bad?
> A: Top-posting and insufficient quote trimming.
> Q: What's the most annoying thing on mailing lists and USENET?
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[*] Well, I actually retype it each time so it changes a bit... I'm still
searching for the optimal wording.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-19 16:51 [gentoo-user] xfce4 upgrade Douglas Linford
2007-02-19 17:31 ` doug asherman
2007-02-19 17:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2007-02-20 5:55 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-02-24 3:54 ` Douglas Linford
2007-02-24 4:08 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-02-24 4:21 ` Douglas Linford
2007-02-24 4:40 ` Douglas Linford
2007-02-25 15:40 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-02-25 21:57 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [this message]
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