From: David Masover <ninja@...>
Date: 2009-02-12T03:02:37+09:00
Subject: Re: a better way to do this job?

Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 12. Feb 2009, 00:29:38 +0900 schrieb Julian Leviston:
>   
>>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 05:59 , James Gray wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Would you please stop top posting?  It's just bad manners.
>>>>         
>> What makes it bad manners? I'm simply posting where my cursor appears.
>>     
>
> That's the point. It's not where the reader's eyes appear. What is
> easier to move: Your cursor or some dozens of pairs of eyes?
>   

Agreed. It also makes it that much more difficult to get context. While 
this is an extreme example, notice how naturally that reads, to someone 
coming late to the discussion?

It's also a bit irritating how you're spamming your blog (and "learn 
rails") in something like a signature -- but there's nothing separating 
it from your post, and it's also right there before whatever you're quoting.