On Sunday 25 February 2007, Bo Ørsted Andresen 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? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ New GPG Key! Old key expires 2007-03-25. Upgrade NOW! [*] Well, I actually retype it each time so it changes a bit... I'm still searching for the optimal wording.