Re: handling .wav files with mySQL

From: Gladys Pump (noway.jose_at_jose.noway.zap)
Date: 03/05/04


Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:09:23 +0000

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:24:13 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>, whilst in the alt.computer.security
newsfroup, articulated the following sentiments :

>Anybody who gets caught up in the Top Post <--> Bottom Post bullsh!t can't see the trees
>through the forest.

<snip>

Isn't that 'can't see the wood for the trees' ? :) Bottom posting whilst
snipping out the irrelevant parts does make for a clearer post. I know OE
whacks the cursor at the top of the reply straight away, but it's not much
hassle to scroll to the bottom ...

Regs, Pete.



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