Re: Apology - STFU!!!

I pretty much agree with everything you said here.  I would like to
point out though, that while it seems bottom posting did start
cropping up at some point in usenet as you say, it is not correct to
imply bottom posting was at the beginning of  on-line history.  Just
like usenet predated the W3, BBSs and message bases predated that.  I
used those early on.  I remember top posting was the norm.  As well as
it always has in email as well (which also predates usenet).

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:01:20 GMT, Backyard Mechanic
<pettyfog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Screw NETIQUETTE!
>
>Bottom posting originated in the early days of newsgroups, LONG before 
>the Web was introduced, when people used character terminals and could 
>only display one post at a time... and the time to load and read next 
>post extended out to tens of seconds... or maybe even a minute or more.
>
>There is simply no reason, now to do that.... given MOST posters cannot 
>be bothered to trim, then your 'netiquette' is defeated... if you want to

>*****, ***** about those who dont trim - who post the entire thread 
>contents and then post a single line!!!!
>
> and leave those of us who employ their common sense alone!
>
>In other words, you dont know what you are talking about... you are 
>*****ing about the wrong thing and you argument is as stupid as those who

>complain about 'wasting bandwidth on a text NG'   
>
>so just STFU!