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   From: krw@att.zzzzzzzzz   
      
   In article ,   
   jfields@austininstruments.com says...>   
   > On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:11:42 -0600, John Fields   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:37:40 -0000, "Peter Hucker"    
   > >wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:22:11 -0000, John Fields  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>> ---   
   > >>> This is USENET, not email.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Please bottom post or, when appropriate, inline post.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> JF   
   > >>   
   > >>Why do you say "not email"?  It annoys me when people top post in email   
   aswell.   
   > >>Email discussions often end with a few topics within them,   
   > >>then top posting just gets confusing.   
   > >   
   > >---   
   > >'Email' as in private email when the communicators know what went before   
   > >seems to be the convention.   
   > >   
   > >This isn't private email and, since the discussion can twist and turn in   
   > >time and readers can join the thread at any time, reducing the confusion   
   > >by in-line or bottom posting is a good thing.   
   >   
   > ---   
   > I almost forgot about this part:   
   >   
   > "I usually bottom post aswell, unless the thread has already been top   
   > posted, in which case I continue at the top to make it neater."   
   >   
   > So you support confusion for the sake of "neatness"?   
   >   
   Of course that PHucker supports confusion, though there is no   
   "neatness" in unlimited line lengths.  He basically doesn't care   
   what his readers have to go through.  *He* is more impotent.   
      
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