if wed are paying attention to the thread we don't need to re-read the discussion. that is why I top-post. On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:04 PM, R P Herrold > wrote: > > > > I'm pretty sure that consciously flouting known conventions of > > a mailing list [regardless of a smiley] is an indicator that > > the person doing it prefers to burden everyone else, rather > > than do what that person 'knows' the expectation is. > > This specific mailing list does not have a defined top or bottom post > convention for Ted to have flouted. > > > If you leave food out on the counters, you get roaches; if you > > reward improper behaviour, the exceptions swallow up the rule, > > and entropy wins sooner. If the rule is wrong, lobby to > > change it; my vote on Ted's proposal to dump 'don't top post' > > was stated publicly in my post. > > Simply deleting email from people who top post is a very high price to > pay in lost knowledge, IMO. But if that works for you, go for it. > > Now, before we go any further with a "top posting vs. bottom posting" > discussion, please see past discussions in the archive. A good start > was my summary from 23.5 months ago here: > > > http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20061113.221124.db67edc7.en.html > > Which, BTW, has a prediction that was full filled here: > > > http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20070121.140855.45d056c2.en.html > > And I will again predict that before next Halloween we will again see > a discussion about top posting vs. bottom posting which will again > change no one's mind on the topic. > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: