[H-GEN] Argument Against Top Posting

Mark Suter suter at zwitterion.humbug.org.au
Mon Mar 10 07:00:03 EST 2003


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Trent,

The following from a .sig I came across this evening is a sound
argument against top-posting --- it even explains what it is.

    A. Because we read from left to right and from top to bottom!
    Q. Why should I place my response below the quoted text?

Yours sincerely,

- -- Mark John Suter  | I know that you  believe  you understand
suter at humbug.org.au | what you think I said, but I am not sure
gpg key id 2C71D63D | you realise that what you  heard  is not
mobile 0411 262 316 | what I meant.        Robert J. McCloskey
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