Re: Battle of the Sidewalk ][ - error

From: Carl D. Smith (cdsmith69NOSPAM_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/08/04


Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:30:33 GMT

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:51:35 GMT, "Alan French"
<adfrenchremoveallthis@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>I've always been curious about how the idea that top posting was "bad" got
>going.

I stole this from someone's signature. I think it sums it up
nicely:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read
text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?



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