Re: [Nolug] passport account? wanna download something for me?

I think it all boils down to whether you're using a modern gui based email client, or if you're still stuck on using pine. "It's making a comeback, man!". It's the whole digital vs analog argument all over again.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:23:31
To:nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] passport account? wanna download something for me?


The whole top-posting vs. bottom-posting deal is a relic. Fighting for
or against it is not unlike trying to fight popular culture's use of the
term "hacker". In both cases it's a done deal, the battle is over and
has been since the 90's, and we should all move on. That said, a lot of
people still dislike top-posting and some people also dislike how the
term "hacker" is used, but it's something that just has to be lived with
now. :)

I'm a top-poster. To be honest, I find it tedious to have to scroll down
several pages to read someone's comments much more than just skimming
through a message thread easily by reading what's at the top of my
screen. Some people disagree and feel that top-posting whacks out the
conversation. Either way.

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Puryear Information Technology, LLC
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/25/08 12:17, techmaster@gmail.com wrote:
>> What about middle posters, such as yourself? :P
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> Do you really know that little of traditional email netiquette? If
> not, the answer is a quick Google away,,,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>>
>> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:48:34
>> To:nolug@nolug.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nolug] passport account? wanna download something for me?
>>
>>
>> On 06/24/08 21:59, Shannon Roddy wrote:
>>> Why the heck would anyone need anything Microsoft? For better or worse?
>> Top-posters have no right to rag on Microsoft.
>>
>>> Seriously, I've just about got that company *completely* eliminated from
>>> my life. Between Apple and Linux, very very few things I do anymore
>>> have anything to do with Microsoft. Much to my joy.
>> For a thousand different reasons, many having to do with putting
>> food on the table, gas in the tank and a roof over the family's head.
>>
>
>
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