Re: Top posting

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 03:37:20 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen"
<pstech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm one of the old-timers at age 57, but I use tradition (and old tools)
only when there is a clear benefit. It is wise to be open to new ideas. I
am top posting here to show how it can be appropriate.

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You're not open to new ideas, you're forcing yourself into believing
that there _is_ a clear benefit by leaving tradition and old tools
behind.

Top posting in the instance you're describing is _not_ appropriate.
_You_ may think so because you've already read the material
following your post, but for someone who hasn't you force them to
read your "conclusion" and then seek after what you're referring.

The normal chronological flow of printed information in our culture
is from the upper left hand corner of the page to the bottom right
hand corner, and to think that by trying to subvert that that you're
doing something acceptable, or appropriate, is just plain stupid.

All you're doing is making it more difficult for others to follow
the discussion.

Try reading a book sometime from the ends of the chapters forward
and you might gain an understanding of what you do when you top
post.
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In this case, I can
state my premise that it can be OK, illustrated by the example as follows:

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You can state whatever you want to, but that doesn't make it
correct.

Moreover, finding other idiots with whom you agree doesn't give your
argument support, it just means the other idiots are as wrong as you
are.


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
.

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