Re: Hijack!

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Hijack!
Date: 2007-12-12 12:39:32
Message-ID: 20071212123932.GD5607@alvh.no-ip.org
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Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake, 11.12.2007 17:43:
>> O.k. this might be a bit snooty but frankly it is almost 2008. If you
>> are still a top poster, you obviously don't care about the people's
>> content that you are replying to, to have enough wits to not top post.
>
> I personally find non-trimmed bottom postings at lot more annoying than
> top-postings. But then that's probably just me.

It's not just you. Much as I am annoyed by top-posting, I am much more
so by people who top-post at the bottom. Hey, did I say something
stupid? No -- think about it. These guys do exactly the same thing as
top-posters, except it is much worse because the actual text they wrote
is harder to find.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvherre/
"In fact, the basic problem with Perl 5's subroutines is that they're not
crufty enough, so the cruft leaks out into user-defined code instead, by
the Conservation of Cruft Principle." (Larry Wall, Apocalypse 6)

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