Posted by brightside S9 on February 29, 2008, 3:59 am
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:56:12 +0900, Jack Watson
>Just ask any proficient secretary/filing clerk whether he/she files the >newest letters on the top or the bottom of the pile?
The reason for bottom posting is to ensure that text to speech
software, used by the partially sighted, reads out the posts in the
sequence they are written. This makes sense to the listener.
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brightside S9
Posted by Mark Rand on February 29, 2008, 6:37 am
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wrote:
>Just ask any proficient secretary/filing clerk whether he/she files the >newest letters on the top or the bottom of the pile? >JW˛ >=== >
She will file them the way that the office requires them to be filed. Idiot.
PLONK
Mark Rand
RTFM
Posted by Trevor Jones on February 29, 2008, 8:45 am
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I'll chip in a quid or two to get her to sort this out then.
Otherwise, not really concerned about whether it gets posted on top or
bottom.
Cheers
Trevor Jones
Jack Watson wrote:
> Just ask any proficient secretary/filing clerk whether he/she files the > newest letters on the top or the bottom of the pile? > JW˛ > ===
Posted by Wes on February 29, 2008, 3:11 am
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>Wes wrote:
>> >>
>>>A: Top posters >>>Q: What is the most annoying trait found on Usenet? >>>
>>Nope! 'Cause no-one rereads all the untrimmed quotes every time! >> A: Yes.
>> > Q: Are you sure? >> >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >> >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email and usenet?
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>newest letters on the top or the bottom of the pile?