Re: My Most Wacky Electronic Design Ideas

On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:27:37 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
Gave us:


This too shall pass. I have been on USENET since 1983 and i am still
learning things frequently. I also try to pass on things that i have
learned here and elsewhere.

You mean like the lie that top posting was the "norm" on Usenet, and
that MS started bottom posting?

Sure, bub. You CLAIM to KNOW a lot, but in fact, you don't even know
Jack, and that is the first requisite to making the claim credible.
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Please help Me!!
    ... Bottom posters have generally been ... on Usenet long enough to get brainwashed by the bottom posting ... propaganda; 2-4 years. ... Usenet is slow to change but it is surely changing. ...
    (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
  • Re: New Phone Doesnt Work on Nat Access
    ... A third group also became involved. ... The never ending argument over top / bottom posting is on a par with a section of Gulliver's Travels. ... The violence they use to try and force the opposition to accept their point of view is akin to the use of derogatory names tossed at those who will not conform here in Usenet. ... Hence I try to avoid quoting prior posts. ...
    (alt.cellular.verizon)
  • Re: Top posting
    ... Bottom posting is as old as the Usenet; ... when there are multiple participants in a thread. ... Such threads can run two dozen messages deep, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: top-posting?
    ... Well, I have been posting on Usenet for many, many years and I have to ... there is a long-established preference on Usenet for ... > bottom posting and thoughtful snipping. ...
    (alt.cellular.verizon)
  • Re: Why doesnt the MSFT group include the post they reply too?
    ... If you want me to help you, you put up with the fact that I don't have time to be worried about bottom posting, nor do I LIKE bottom posting. ... You want help or do you want me to spend my hours that I could spend helping you studing 20 year old usenet rules to ensure I follow them? ... Now if you're saying that MS provides them with a tool that wasn't designed for proper Usenet functions, then I still can't accept that. ... Usenet was invented way before MS even learned about it, there are accepted norms that should be followed, and as a MS Partner I expect them to maintain the norms not pervert them. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)