[jQuery] Signal to noise ratio
Guys, you may not have noticed that the owner of this list likes to
top-post. Or bottom-post. Or mid-post. Whatever suits his fancy. So it seems
a bit much to complain about top-posting when the list owner doesn't give a
hoot.
The real issue is snipping out irrelevant quoted text, which needs to be
done wherever you place your reply.
> While we're on the etiquette topic... I recommend NOT top posting.
>
> How about visiting;
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm
Interesting. That page has one of the most absurdly bad examples of
bottom-posting I've seen:
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Mary wrote:
>Sam wrote:
>>Henry wrote:
>>>Elizabeth wrote:
>>>How do I stop my cat eating the furniture?
>>Have you tried putting a velcro cover on?
>That's ok if you do not have children, but they tear the velcro - what
>then?
Try guaranteed child-proof super-velcro: I have been using it ever since
I had my fourth child - and my sixth cat.
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Sure, everybody bottom-posted. But tell me quick, without counting >>>'s:
Who said what?
If you want to bottom-post (and especially if you want people to think it's
better than top-posting!), do it right, like this:
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>>>Elizabeth wrote:
>>>How do I stop my cat eating the furniture?
>>Henry wrote:
>>Have you tried putting a velcro cover on?
>Sam