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It sounds like you may be confusing top-posting with trimming. Everybody
should trim the quoted text to only the relevant sections (regardless of
top- or bottom-posting) and they should post their response below the
relevant sections (bottom-posting).

It's the Way of USENET...


Just like tailwheel training - I'm learning something new every day!
Thanks for the explanation... I think I follow now - post below the
relevant sections (bottom posting) and *definitely* please please trim
those loooong posts... I probably miss about 15% of the posts because
groups.google.com trims them at 35 lines (all of which are the
previous post).

Hmmm - USENET - there's something about it - that promotes
misunderstanding

On 1 Aug 2003 10:04:39 -0700, (noah) wrote in
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I probably miss about 15% of the posts because
groups.google.com trims them at 35 lines (all of which are the
previous post).

Of course that's not true. The full articles are available to anyone
willing to scroll down and click the link at the bottom of long
articles which reads, "Read the rest of this message..."

Hmmm - USENET - there's something about it - that promotes
misunderstanding

Doubtful. Lack of familiarity with computer use, and a lack of
willingness to read and *interpret* what's presented may hinder new
users, but the usenet paradigm is not so arcane as to be confusing to
the majority of readers.


--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

(noah) wrote in message . com...

I probably miss about 15% of the posts because
groups.google.com trims them at 35 lines (all of which are the
previous post).

I've always considered that a feature. I figure anyone who doesn't
know enough to trim his quotes probably doesn't have anything
of value to add to the discussion. It's like an intelligent kill-file.