Re: M$ Virus takes down Grid

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 08/21/03 

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:57:12 +0000 (UTC)

Alan Connor <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> writes:

]On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:20:03 -0500, Keith A French <cruelmo@hotmail.com> wrote:
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]> [top-posting intentional]
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]> Why does every single thread in this group end up with a friggin
]> top-posting debate? I mean no amount of whining is going to make each
]> and every poster conform to a single method. So there you have it. For
]> all you top-post haters, this message is repeated after the quotation.
]>

]Top-posting is fine for those participating in a thread real-time. But for
]everyone else it is a pain in the ***. Usenet is not chat....

]But if you think that being rude and insensitive is admirable, then keep it
]up.

There are many ways of being rude and insensitive. Some seem to choose one way, some
another.

]A lot of Usenet users killfile those who persist in top-posting after being
]asked to desist.

Always their right. Noone is forcing you to read any usenet post.

]I am asking you to desist.

He may, I won't.