How to curtail top posting !! - comp.sys.acorn.misc

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Steve Hodgson

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More options 17 Jan 2006, 22:40

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From: Steve Hodgson <ham...@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:40:48 +0000

Local: Tues 17 Jan 2006 22:40

Subject: Re: How to curtail top posting !!

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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:22:33 +0000, Dave Braine wrote
(in article <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):

> Chris de Cordova wrote:

>> Made me laugh anyway, having just read the 'Want to read an old disc'
>> thread in here, which was more about how to stop top-posting than
>> about reading old discs!!!

> Could someone explain top-posting to me please, and what is wrong with
> it.

I don't mean to be in any way inflammatory, but I have always been curious
why this particular group is more offended than most by top-posting. Are
there any technical reasons associated with the client software available or
is more historical than anything else?

I subscribe to a variety of OS- and software-related groups but rarely see
such a strong consensus within them.

Cheers,

Steve

PS I think I did once top-post here, but it was an very long time ago when I
first attempted to get away from Windows.
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