At 11:01 PM 8/31/2008, you wrote: >On Aug 31, 2008, at 11:17 PM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera wrote: > >>also NOT top posting? - Wht do u mean by this I don't get u. >> >>On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:54 AM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: >>On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera >><slinuxworld at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > thx every much trying to get me on to the right track and I >>apologize for >> > being such an ass. Sorry again yes I made a big mistake. I was >>under lot of >> > pressure in my private life so I think that might have come over me. >> >>Well, now that the pressure's off, or lightened, how about editing >>your posts, and also NOT top posting? > > >he means what you did just here, and in your other posts. :) you put >your response above the quoted message you were replying to, rather >than below it. please don't do this; it makes it difficult to follow >the conversation, and thus it decreases the likelihood that you will >get the responses you want. > >also, when i just now did a google search for "top posting", the >entire first page of hits were all links that explained what he was >talking about. > >-steve While I know that the practice won't, and shouldn't change for me, I would just like to say that for some of us, top posting is more useful. I am a blind computer user, and top posting is easier to handle. I can read the response, and continue reading if I need context, more information etc. Unix/Linux people tend to be pretty black and white, and the world should be a certain way ... but remember, others of us may have a good reason for wanting a different world! Dave