Re: [PLUG] Google, Microsoft, Yahoo down today.

[Jason Costomiris <jcostom@jasons.org>]

On Jun 16, 2004, at 8:06 AM, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

> > Also, could you guys please quit top-posting? My bandwidth is sucked
> > by SMTP traffic enough already just with the spam...
>
> I understand your preference for quote-respond rather than the
> inverse, but how does it affect your bandwidth?  Do you actually read
> the first few hundred bytes before deciding whether or not to download
> the rest?  Or do you mean mental bandwidth?

I'm guessing he's referring to the problem that comes along with 
top-posters.  Invariably, because you see the end of the conversation 
before the beginning, it's easier to miss context, causing additional 
discussion to clarify the discussion...  So, probably both mental and 
actual bandwidth..

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