JP Vossen on 2 Nov 2007 19:06:06 -0000


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Top posting and quoting (was Re: [PLUG] Hauppauge PVR-500 capture...)


I greatly appreciate all the helpful replies to my OP, including the tangents.

This is not intended to target any particular person, this example just happened to be the one that pushed me over the edge today.


Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:15:07 -0400
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Hauppauge PVR-500 capture from composite input?

JP, Sorry this went so off topic!

<entire rest of the thread, ~15K, snipped here!!!>

I don't mind the tangents, since I'm sure everyone learns something.

But everyone please, *please*, PLEASE, trim and edit your replies and don't top post, unless absolutely required, as in my summary above!! We don't need the entire thread, especially since we've strayed so far the the original question.


Refs ---- http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?


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