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Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer [message #411214 is a reply to message #411211]

Fri, 24 September 2021 16:38

Charlie Gibbs
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On 2021-09-24, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:16:55 GMT
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Just because Outlook[1] vict^H^H^H^Husers succumb to its pressure to
>> top-post doesn't make it a Good Thing.
>
> At work (the environment Outlook was designed for) top posting
> above a full quote is exactly the right thing to do. This is because there
> is no list and so the entire thread has to be in every message so that if
> someone else is added to the discussion they get the entire context. It
> just means that when one of these monsters lands in the inbox you have to
> start reading from the bottom, but at least by the time you get to the top
> you know what they're on about.
>
>> [1] Properly pronounced "Look out!"
>
> or "Out House".

My analogy to this is a memo that gets sent around the office.
When you receive it, you photocopy the whole thing, staple your
reply to the top, and pass it on. Each time it comes back to you
you have another copy of the whole damned thing, growing thicker
every time. And all of those copies would be filling up everyone's
filing cabinets. Worst of all, trying to read such a monstrosity
from the beginning (i.e. bottom up) is a nightmare. If books were
printed that way, they would start with the last chapter, followed
by the second-to-last one, all the way down to the first chapter,
which appears at the end. Reading such a book in order would be a
supreme pain in the ass.

I realize that this habit has gotten so ingrained that it'll
probably never be eradicated. But I don't have to like it.

--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | Life is perverse.
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | It can be beautiful -
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | but it won't.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lily Tomlin

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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Andreas Kohlbach on Wed, 22 September 2021 15:57
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Wed, 22 September 2021 18:59
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Harry Vaderchi on Thu, 23 September 2021 05:14
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Peter Flass on Thu, 23 September 2021 10:32
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Charlie Gibbs on Thu, 23 September 2021 14:31
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Peter Flass on Thu, 23 September 2021 15:55
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Thu, 23 September 2021 18:21
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Aragorn on Fri, 24 September 2021 21:01
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Aragorn on Sat, 25 September 2021 00:30
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Peter Flass on Sat, 25 September 2021 15:28
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 23:52
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Tue, 28 September 2021 21:11
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 29 September 2021 06:59
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Charlie Gibbs on Fri, 24 September 2021 13:16
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Fri, 24 September 2021 14:08
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Charlie Gibbs on Fri, 24 September 2021 16:38
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: scott on Fri, 24 September 2021 17:02
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Fri, 24 September 2021 22:35
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Arne Luft on Sat, 25 September 2021 04:31
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 17:05
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 20:33
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 09:44
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Sat, 25 September 2021 10:31
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Wed, 29 September 2021 01:55
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Fri, 24 September 2021 22:39
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