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On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 17:19, Terence McCarthy wrote:
Yes- there are no laws, just normal usage, and subscribing to the commonly accepted norms. The fact that many do it does not make it right, it merely shows that the internet, and its usage, now is becoming, or has become, the lowest common denominator of communication. Note the increasing usage of "idiot-text" abbrevations on this and other related lists. There have been a number of flame wars by those who want to continue their top posing responses, without thinking about others, or the logic of cutting and bottom posting. Sad, isn't it? As the number of those who don't know/don't care increase, the entropy of lists like this increases with them. Terence
Hi Terence, I apologise if my reply to you came over as a bit rude. As you may know from the LUG postings I have made recently, I am fairly new to Linux and the frustration element got the better of me. Also I am currently off work with stress (probably not the best time to be doing this to be honest). None of the above is your fault of course and I am sorry if I seemed to come off as argumentative. Looking back at my original post I see what you mean about top posting. Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.