Doug Tucker wrote: >> This is linked from the CentOS FAQ: >> >> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html >> >> Akemi > > LOL! This is just TOO good. > > > 1. Because it is proper Usenet Etiquette. > > ...all but dead...I run a usenet server here, had 3 logins last > month...user base is over 4000... > > 2. We use a good news reader like Forte Agent. > > OMG. I haven't used a usenet reader in 10 years for anything. Assumed > Forte Agent went out of development years ago. > > I'll stop there, there is not a single thing on that page I can agree with anymore, > technology, email and the web have moved on beyond that ideology of old. > > I'm already at about 50% of the time reading email on my iphone mail app. Like it > or not for the religious users (and I'll count myself there in many categories), eventually > most of our mail will be read on a handheld device. So the 2 line preview pane at the top > before deciding to atually open the message becomes very relevant, which does not lend > itself useful in "bottom posting". I can't remember the last time I saw a desktop user > regardless of client not read their mail using the "preview" pane. They need to just > rename that, as people even rarely click to open the message anymore. Again, not good > when bottom posting. I got poo-poo'd off about my GFS/kernel release schedule, for being > in some small minority. So, where are bottom posters, in terms of majority these days? > Maybe it's time, to update with the times? > > Go ahead, let the bashing begin! > > I'm off to another building, taking my email in my pocket with me... OK ... you are officially an ass .. I will no longer reply to your mails or help you in any way. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080514/f9a3e474/attachment-0005.sig>