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Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer [message #411264 is a reply to message #411217]

Sat, 25 September 2021 11:04

D.J.
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On 24 Sep 2021 21:05:57 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24/09/2021 in message
> <20210924190832.0e313ded01553756081c757e@eircom.net> Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> wrote:
>
>> At work (the environment Outlook was designed for) top posting
>> above a full quote is exactly the right thing to do.
>
> That's email, not Usenet posts. When you had to have some technical
> knowledge to use a computer nobody top posted - email or Usenet - in fact
> you would get chucked off mailing lists for top posting. It's only since
> the hoi polloi started using email that top posting has been prevalent.
>
> Some languages read left to right, some right to left, but they are all
> read top to bottom.

We had outlook at my last job, we all bottom posted. My boss, and the
head boss, preferred it that way.

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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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Thu, 23 September 2021 06:13
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Peter Flass on Thu, 23 September 2021 10:32
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Thu, 23 September 2021 11:45
		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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Harry Vaderchi on Fri, 24 September 2021 07:42
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 07:47
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Harry Vaderchi on Fri, 24 September 2021 08:40
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 09:05
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 11:36
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 20:07
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Aragorn on Fri, 24 September 2021 21:01
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 23:51
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Aragorn on Sat, 25 September 2021 00:30
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 07:35
		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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Aragorn on Sat, 25 September 2021 00:35
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 01:19
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		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 07:36
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sun, 26 September 2021 13:24
		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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 20:29
		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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 09:55
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Sat, 25 September 2021 10:31
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 13:02
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: D.J. on Mon, 27 September 2021 10:59
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Tue, 28 September 2021 21:15
		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
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: D.J. on Sat, 25 September 2021 11:04
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 20:12
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 18:02
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Fri, 24 September 2021 20:35
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 05:12
		Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer By: Anonymous on Sat, 25 September 2021 07:39
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