"john sumner" <js33441NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote

>I am not a net cop

"But I play one on the internet"...

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NoStop wrote:

> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>>convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous posts is
>>time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>>
>
> Associate Expert ... haha, now that ones funny!
>
> Cheers

Not near as funny as being RS's arse kissing little boy...LOL!
Frank

I'd rather you top post.

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"john sumner" <js33441NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A366DD825877jp33441aolcom@news.albasani.n et...
>I am not a net cop, but i wish the people in this news group would stop the
> top posting, bottom post please.

"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in
news:ugd8eRCZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
> convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous posts
> is time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.

Such a lame excuse...no time. No time to hit the scroll whee a few times
?

Here's another fine example of why top-posting can be bad.

Do you see the quoted text above ? That was the entire text automatically
put in my reply when I hit reply. (Of course it makes little difference
on this thread, but a longer thread it could.)

That was because after YOU top post, you're lame non-conventional MS
Usenet client auto-top-posts and then adds a sig to the end above
whatever you are replying to.

Oooops, real newsreaders don't typically quote past or including the --
sig delimiter.

So OP, REPLY1 TO OP (top-posted w/sig), REPLY TO REPLY1....

So the REPLY TO REPLY1 has now lost any and all content from the OP that
REPLY1 may have been addressing and that REPLY may have been commenting
on.

The date and time was 1/31/2008 10:48 AM, and on a whim, DanS pounded
out on the keyboard:

> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> news:ugd8eRCZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
>> Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>> convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous posts
>> is time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>
> Such a lame excuse...no time. No time to hit the scroll whee a few times
> ?
>
> Here's another fine example of why top-posting can be bad.
>
> Do you see the quoted text above ? That was the entire text automatically
> put in my reply when I hit reply. (Of course it makes little difference
> on this thread, but a longer thread it could.)
>
> That was because after YOU top post, you're lame non-conventional MS
> Usenet client auto-top-posts and then adds a sig to the end above
> whatever you are replying to.
>
> Oooops, real newsreaders don't typically quote past or including the --
> sig delimiter.
>
> So OP, REPLY1 TO OP (top-posted w/sig), REPLY TO REPLY1....
>
> So the REPLY TO REPLY1 has now lost any and all content from the OP that
> REPLY1 may have been addressing and that REPLY may have been commenting
> on.
>
>
>

And only Mike Hall saw that and was polite enough to change. Most of
the other MVP's know about the flaw in MS clients, know what the
delimiter does, and still do nothing. Real professionalism, isn't it?

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"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in
news:eMz$kvDZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> The date and time was 1/31/2008 10:48 AM, and on a whim, DanS pounded
> out on the keyboard:
>
>> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>> news:ugd8eRCZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>>> convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous
>>> posts is time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>>
>> Such a lame excuse...no time. No time to hit the scroll whee a few
>> times ?
>>
>> Here's another fine example of why top-posting can be bad.
>>
>> Do you see the quoted text above ? That was the entire text
>> automatically put in my reply when I hit reply. (Of course it makes
>> little difference on this thread, but a longer thread it could.)
>>
>> That was because after YOU top post, you're lame non-conventional MS
>> Usenet client auto-top-posts and then adds a sig to the end above
>> whatever you are replying to.
>>
>> Oooops, real newsreaders don't typically quote past or including the
>> -- sig delimiter.
>>
>> So OP, REPLY1 TO OP (top-posted w/sig), REPLY TO REPLY1....
>>
>> So the REPLY TO REPLY1 has now lost any and all content from the OP
>> that REPLY1 may have been addressing and that REPLY may have been
>> commenting on.
>>
>>
>>
>
> And only Mike Hall saw that and was polite enough to change. Most of
> the other MVP's know about the flaw in MS clients, know what the
> delimiter does, and still do nothing. Real professionalism, isn't it?
>

Some of the MVP's *here* are far from being true professionals. I guess
it's the MS attitude.....

I don't care how it affects anyone/anything other than me. I am going to
do whatever/however I want and noone can stop me.

But I digress..... A quick one-point top-posted reply to a very short
one-point post is no big deal. Once the discussion gets a few threads
deep, and multiple points are being addresssed, there really is no other
way to reply except inline.....

Frank wrote:

> NoStop wrote:
>
>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>>>convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous posts is
>>>time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>>>
>>
>> Associate Expert ... haha, now that ones funny!
>>
>> Cheers
>
> Not near as funny as being RS's arse kissing little boy...LOL!
> Frank

Hey little boy, read my sig. They're coming for you. Pack a toothbrush.

Cheers.

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The date and time was 1/31/2008 11:51 AM, and on a whim, DanS pounded
out on the keyboard:

> "Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in
> news:eMz$kvDZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
>> The date and time was 1/31/2008 10:48 AM, and on a whim, DanS pounded
>> out on the keyboard:
>>
>>> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>>> news:ugd8eRCZIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>>>> convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous
>>>> posts is time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>>> Such a lame excuse...no time. No time to hit the scroll whee a few
>>> times ?
>>>
>>> Here's another fine example of why top-posting can be bad.
>>>
>>> Do you see the quoted text above ? That was the entire text
>>> automatically put in my reply when I hit reply. (Of course it makes
>>> little difference on this thread, but a longer thread it could.)
>>>
>>> That was because after YOU top post, you're lame non-conventional MS
>>> Usenet client auto-top-posts and then adds a sig to the end above
>>> whatever you are replying to.
>>>
>>> Oooops, real newsreaders don't typically quote past or including the
>>> -- sig delimiter.
>>>
>>> So OP, REPLY1 TO OP (top-posted w/sig), REPLY TO REPLY1....
>>>
>>> So the REPLY TO REPLY1 has now lost any and all content from the OP
>>> that REPLY1 may have been addressing and that REPLY may have been
>>> commenting on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> And only Mike Hall saw that and was polite enough to change. Most of
>> the other MVP's know about the flaw in MS clients, know what the
>> delimiter does, and still do nothing. Real professionalism, isn't it?
>>
>
> Some of the MVP's *here* are far from being true professionals. I guess
> it's the MS attitude.....
>
> I don't care how it affects anyone/anything other than me. I am going to
> do whatever/however I want and noone can stop me.
>
> But I digress..... A quick one-point top-posted reply to a very short
> one-point post is no big deal. Once the discussion gets a few threads
> deep, and multiple points are being addresssed, there really is no other
> way to reply except inline.....

Exactly. If every post had only one reply, top posting would be fine,
like email usually is.

And the delimiter when top posting blows away any prior text anyway, so
it becomes all about the top posters one comment.

The LEAST one could do is fix OE/WM by using QuoteFix, so a delimiter
wouldn't be inserted when they top post.

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Judicious editing would seem to help, and I don't like scrolling through
innumerable posts either. BTW, I don't use OE for newsgroups. Does that
make me cooler? Hmm, do use OE for email, though. Guess they cancel out.

Terry R. wrote:

>
> Exactly. If every post had only one reply, top posting would be fine,
> like email usually is.

Top Posting Forever!

"Charlie42" <Charlie42@spam.me.not> wrote in message
news:ecH8asCZIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "john sumner" <js33441NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >I am not a net cop, but i wish the people in this news group would stop
the
> > top posting, bottom post please.
>
>
> Charlie42
>
> to keep track of.
> very hard
> It makes discussions
> hate top posting.
> Personally, I
>

I will keep top posting and that's that! Don't like it, too bad!! This is
where it opens when I reply to a post within the microsoft discussion groups,
I don't use my windows live mail for newsgroups!
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"David B." wrote:

> I'd rather you top post.
>
> --
>
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> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> __________________________________________________ _______________________________
>
>
> "john sumner" <js33441NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A366DD825877jp33441aolcom@news.albasani.n et...
> >I am not a net cop, but i wish the people in this news group would stop the
> > top posting, bottom post please.
>
>

NoStop wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>
>>NoStop wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sorry, there is no way I am bottom posting. Top posting is more
>>>>convenient. Having to scroll through lines and lines of previous posts is
>>>>time consuming; I have better things to do with my time.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Associate Expert ... haha, now that ones funny!
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>
>>Not near as funny as being RS's arse kissing little boy...LOL!
>>Frank
>
>
> Hey little boy, read my sig. They're coming for you. Pack a toothbrush.
>
> Cheers.
>
Does RS approve of you cross-dressing doris? Does it please him?
I bet he thinks you're cute...but rather stupid...LOL!
Frank

Airman Thunderbird <airman.basic******.com> wrote in
news:QJCdnSHWQpSbqD_anZ2dnUVZ_qGknZ2d@netdoor.com:

>> Terry R. wrote:
>>
>> Exactly. If every post had only one reply, top posting would be fine,
>> like email usually is.

> Judicious editing would seem to help, and I don't like scrolling
through
> innumerable posts either.

Selective/relevant snipping helps a *lot*.

> BTW, I don't use OE for newsgroups. Does that
> make me cooler ?

Yes.

> Hmm, do use OE for email, though. Guess they cancel out.

They don't cancel out here. OE is an adequate e-mail client for
most...but, not the best UseNet tool.

Still cooler. :)

Sure. Anything you say.

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:47:55 +0000 (UTC), john sumner
<js33441NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote:

>I am not a net cop, but i wish the people in this news group would stop the
>top posting, bottom post please.

=?Utf-8?B?Um9ieW4=?= <Robyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:006E68D1-DB44-47EA-9503-88ABDF809512@microsoft.com:

> I will keep top posting and that's that! Don't like it, too bad!!
> This is where it opens when I reply to a post within the microsoft
> discussion groups, I don't use my windows live mail for newsgroups!

man you sond very hostile, i understand why you all like to top post and i
will still read this group, because i might learn something