Hey (mdmdmdm@nd.com) wrote: : Either TOP post or bottom post. Don't post in the middle and : leave all the other shit behind. Quit being a lazy shit! *** Middle posters are almost more evil than top posters, especially when they don't leave blank lines around their comments. A good posting method is to intersperse comments among edited, quoted text as a conversation would flow. Richard PS: Please don't top (or middle) post. Thanks R.

"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message news:jfqQi.11311$G25.3392@edtnps89... >> Hey (mdmdmdm@nd.com) wrote: >> : Either TOP post or bottom post. Don't post in the middle and : leave >> all the other shit behind. Quit being a lazy shit! >> >> *** Middle posters are almost more evil than top posters, especially >> when they don't leave blank lines around their comments. >> >> A good posting method is to intersperse comments among edited, quoted >> text as a conversation would flow. >> >> Richard >> >> PS: Please don't top (or middle) post. >> >> Thanks >> >> R. > > > Middle posting depends on the post you are replying to. If it is long and > contains a large number of small points, it's almost necessary to space > the responses throughout the quoted text, instead of putting them all at > the bottom, where they would overwhelm the reader. > > -Al- Besides. I don't get the concept of 'posting police'. Who determines the right way to post anyway?

JD (me@home.ca) wrote: : I don't get the concept of 'posting police'. Who determines the : right way to post anyway? *** Logic. Plus, making the least annoyance for readers. A properly, edited, spaced, and commented post using good writing skills is a pleasure to read. Richard

Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote: : Top posting is just laziness, for the most part. I believe the : default Windows news reader automatically positions the cursor at : the top of posts, and many people can't be bothered to change it. *** The cursor is positioned at the top so that the writer can read through the quoted text and edit it before commenting. It is the correct position and should not be changed : Or maybe some of them feel that their one-line comment would get : lost at the bottom of a huge thread, which (naturally) they do not : bother to trim. : -Al- *** Which of course forces readers to slog through all that untrimmed quoted text to determine to what that one-line comment refers. )-: Richard

sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : Often the posting police use TIN, straight out of the computer Dark Age. *** I cannot speak for other TIN users, but I use it because it is provided through a shell server. This completely isolates me from the Internet. Because I use a terminal program (ProComm Plus) to access the shell server, It allows me complete scripting capability and a large host of keyboard macros and shortcuts. Richard

Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote: : > Often the posting police use TIN, straight out of the computer Dark Age. : Sounds like someone I know. : -Al- *** Do you mean me, Al? (-: Notice the "dark ages" comment; it's amazing how brainwashed people are even in the face of a host of advantages given, and how they don't consider the software they are using as having been developed decades ago, as well. Richard

In rec.travel.usa-canada Richard Bonner <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: > JD (me@home.ca) wrote: > : I don't get the concept of 'posting police'. Who determines the > : right way to post anyway? > *** Logic. Plus, making the least annoyance for readers. > A properly, edited, spaced, and commented post using good writing > skills is a pleasure to read. > Richard And there it is in a nutshell. Posting skills for reading pleasure. Not so much to do with the newsreader; a lot to do with common sense. Nex ('course tin does rock)

Alan Pollock (nex@nopanix.com) wrote: : In rec.travel.usa-canada Richard Bonner <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: : > JD (me@home.ca) wrote: : > : I don't get the concept of 'posting police'. Who determines the : > : right way to post anyway? : > *** Logic. Plus, making the least annoyance for readers. : > A properly, edited, spaced, and commented post using good writing : > skills is a pleasure to read. : > Richard : And there it is in a nutshell. Posting skills for reading pleasure. : Not so much to do with the newsreader; a lot to do with common sense. Nex *** I agree. Can you imagine if we had to read books, magazines and newspapers as written by some of the illiterates and I-don't-cares of Usenet. )-: : ('course tin does rock) *** I can't say that it rocks because I do have a wish list for it. However, its speed and ease of usage, and the easy ability to control it via scripting and keyboard macros, makes it a winner in my books. Richard

Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote: : > Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote: : > : > : > Often the posting police use TIN, straight out of the computer Dark Age. : > : > : Sounds like someone I know. : > : > : -Al- : > : > *** Do you mean me, Al? (-: : > : > Notice the "dark ages" comment; it's amazing how brainwashed people are : > even in the face of a host of advantages given, and how they don't : > consider the software they are using as having been developed decades : > ago, as well. : > : > Richard : If software works, I say keep using it. I'm not a software snob. I : hate losing a piece of software because of a Windows upgrade. *** I agree. I have software as old as 1987 that works wonderfully and is completely usable in the 21st century. Too many have been brainwashed into: "if it's a year old, it's obsolete - time to buy a new version." : For : example, when I switched from Windows98 SE to Windows XP, my : CoolEdit96 no longer worked. I was very distressed. That was a : great audio editor. I'm trying to use Audacity now, and I find it : much harder to use. : -Al- *** Is your CoolEdit the DOS or Windows version? If its the former, XP should be able to run it in a DOS window. if not, try a DOS emulator such as DOS Box. DOS emulator links can be found in my "DOS Websites" Directory at: http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/Websites.html Richard

Richard Bonner wrote: > sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: >> Often the posting police use TIN, straight out of the computer Dark >> Age. > > *** I cannot speak for other TIN users, but I use it because it is > provided through a shell server. This completely isolates me from the > Internet. Because I use a terminal program (ProComm Plus) to access > the shell server, It allows me complete scripting capability and a > large host of keyboard macros and shortcuts. > > Richard ProComm Plus...I remember it well. It was state of the art...back in 1995. The world have moved on.

Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote: : > : when I switched from Windows98 SE to Windows XP, my : > : CoolEdit96 no longer worked. I was very distressed. That was a : > : great audio editor. I'm trying to use Audacity now, and I find it : > : much harder to use. : > : > : -Al- : > : > *** Is your CoolEdit the DOS or Windows version? If its the former, XP : > should be able to run it in a DOS window. if not, try a DOS emulator : > such as DOS Box. : > : > DOS emulator links can be found in my "DOS Websites" Directory : > at: : > http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/Websites.html : > : > Richard : You know, it was only recently that I discovered the "Windows98 : emulation" in XP, when I was having trouble with an older game. : The emulation mode fixed the problem. I didn't try it when I : installed CoolEdit. I will try it when I reinstall the program. : -Al- *** I see in the future a generic computer that has emulators built in as its basis. This way one might run any software at will. Richard

sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : Alan Pollock wrote: : > ('course tin does rock) : YEah, right..just like a 14 inch black and white TV rocks. *** For black & white text, it's fine - just as TIN is fine for text newsgroups. Richard.

sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : ProComm Plus...I remember it well. It was state of the art...back in 1995. The world have moved on. *** I have not found a better terminal program. Can you suggest some? Richard

sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : Richard Bonner wrote: : > Alan Pollock (nex@nopanix.com) wrote: : >> ('course tin does rock) : > *** I can't say that it rocks because I do have a wish list for it. : > However, its speed and ease of usage, and the easy ability to control : > it via scripting and keyboard macros, makes it a winner in my books. : > : > Richard : You'd LOVE the Model A Ford, that being the case. *** Not really. It does not have the capabilities I need in a vehicle. Richard