16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
6:55 a.m.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Andy Holt wrote:
The old guard point out the RFC as justification for
their attitude - but
then it was written before the more modern tools became popular.
Define "popular." It's obviously not popular on this list. And,
unlike a lot of 733T H4x0Rz, I tend to agree with RFC/Netiquette
compliance just because it _is_ the standard.
In complex cases bottom (interleaved) posting is
necessary, and I have used
that technique in this case (even though it is not really necessary) to
minimise the heat in the flame war.
The implication there is that you can see the complexity coming in a
thread's infancy. Wow. You're way ahead of me, there.
Doc