Elephant Boy Computers - top spammer

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Replies intertwined and contextualized

Wally said:
<Snipped blah-blah>
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Obviously not
It's very difficult to follow a thread that's always top-posted, let
alone a mixed top/bottom posted thread.
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Agreed, but then if one comes into the middle of a post you will always have
that problem - however, if properly contextualized understanding is made
easier.
To have a top poster with a delimiter that wipes virtually everything
out under their post, is absurd.
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Smokescreen - delimiter has its uses but not in every case - if the thread
has been followed properly a single line response top posted to another
individual is understandable. Contextualizing in my opinion, should always
be a consideration.
Perhaps you just don't know how a delimiter works.
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I do - but then I think it less important than replies made in context.
I forgive your lack of knowledge and hope this will create an incentive
for you to understand what I'm talking about.
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I think your lack of knowledge of contextualizing is probably greater than
mine in using a delimiter. I trust you have been able to follow this
response - perhaps not.
Forgiveness is not required :-)

Rgds
Antioch
 
Wally said:
This is a perfect example. How the heck is somene supposed to
figure this out?

Are you really that clueless ?
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Wally
I followed the reply OK - why cannot you?
Its is what the British Army called an ABC message -
Accurate enough and Brief enough to cover the Bare essentials.
QED - or do you need that to be translated/explained?

Rgds
Antioch
 
Are you top posting out of spite now?
Antioch

Wally said:
Obviously, you have no understanding of delimiters or how they work.
Rather than take the time to learn, you obfuscate and end up
taking the position of having your feelings hurt.

Please accept my apology, as I did not mean to hurt your feelings.

My intention was to assist you in learning about Usenet.

Again, I'm sorry I upset you, as that was not my intention.
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I think that it is wrong to have to scroll down every message looking for an
answer..
 
So having to scroll down through the question, and more often a whole bunch
of other stuff that has been badly edited is down to me not knowing how to
use a computer?

Do you ever have anything sensible to add? Shouldn't you be doing 'real'
work in Abiword, or haven't you found which side of the cube you left it
last?
 
Mike said:
So having to scroll down through the question, and more often a whole
bunch of other stuff that has been badly edited is down to me not
knowing how to use a computer?
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No, not knowing how to do it without scrolling is.
Do you ever have anything sensible to add? Shouldn't you be doing 'real'
work in Abiword, or haven't you found which side of the cube you left it
last?
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I guess you do need help. Too bad your ego gets in the way of asking for
it and you have to resort to infantile insults in a lame attempt at
discrediting me and distracting from the message. Now do you want to
learn how to read bottom posted messages without needing to scroll or not?

Alias
 
Then you freely accept the risks when you ASSUME of being WRONG which
you are in this case.

Be careful what you ASSUME.
 
Wouldn't that depend on the size of the window which opened? I don't run
with all windows maximized. I have more to do than just reply to your
condescension's. Perhaps you should try doing the same in Ubuntu, assuming
that you can find more than just Abiword and Agent to fill up the space.
 
Mike said:
Wouldn't that depend on the size of the window which opened?
No.

I don't run
with all windows maximized.
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Nor do I.
I have more to do than just reply to your
condescension's. Perhaps you should try doing the same in Ubuntu,
assuming that you can find more than just Abiword and Agent to fill up
the space.
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I don't use Agent and why are you changing the subject to Ubuntu again?

Alias
 
Mike Hall - MVP said:
Wouldn't that depend on the size of the window which opened?
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That depends on the *newsreader* in the first place. The one that I'm using
at the moment jumps to the message at the bottom of the list rather than to
the end of a selected message when hitting the "End" key.
 
On 12/15/2007 9:07 AM On a whim, Jupiter Jones [MVP] pounded out on the
keyboard
Then you freely accept the risks when you ASSUME of being WRONG which
you are in this case.

Be careful what you ASSUME.
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I KNOW that top posting using a delimiter is caused by a faulty
newsreader. And a proper newsreader would not insert a delimiter if the
user chooses to top post.

--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
 
On 12/15/2007 5:22 AM On a whim, Mike Hall - MVP pounded out on the keyboard
I think that it is wrong to have to scroll down every message looking for an
answer..
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That is the fault of the poster if they don't snip what isn't relevant
to their reply. Sure laziness can cause a lengthy post. But to take
out EVERYTHING because of a delimiter being used when top posting is
just wrong. Look at your answer above. It looks like you just made a
comment out of nowhere.

--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
 
Detlev said:
That depends on the *newsreader* in the first place. The one that I'm using
at the moment jumps to the message at the bottom of the list rather than to
the end of a selected message when hitting the "End" key.
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You need to click on the message body before hitting End.

Alias
 
Alias said:
You need to click on the message body before hitting End.
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Nope, doesn't work either. As for all of these special keys, the behavior
depends *always* on the application - "XanaNews Version 1.18.1.6".
 
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