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[Michael T. Dean]

Daryl,

As it seems (based on the number of times people in this thread have 
asked you to stop top posting and/or have been fixing/removing your top 
posting when replying to you, and the fact that you're still top posting 
in your new replies) that you don't understand the meaning of top 
posting, this message is meant simply to explain these requests.

Top posting is posting new information above the quoted message to which 
you're replying.  It results in "unnatural" conversations in the best of 
cases (where the answer comes before the question) and--when mixed with 
bottom or inline posts--results in unreadable conversations with mixed 
answer1-answer2-question2-answer3-question1-question3 type constructs.

So, the /most/ important thing is that on a given list, everyone agrees 
to one form of replying to previous posts.  The agreed approach in this 
list is to bottom post or inline post (see 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mailing_List_etiquette#Bottom_post ).  The 
idea behind this is identical to the idea behind having a rule of the 
road that tells you whether to drive on the right or left side--it 
doesn't matter which rule is chosen, only that everyone in a given area 
agrees to--and /adheres/ to-- the rule.

So, please post your replies below the quoted message (and remove any 
unnecessary information, such as mailing list footers, etc) to make it 
easier for people browsing the archives to understand the content of the 
thread so they can learn from your conversation and experiences.

Thank you.

Mike


Example top posting:
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Answer.

On 06/17/2013 08:13 AM, Someone wrote:

> Question.
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Example bottom posting:
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On 06/17/2013 08:13 AM, Someone wrote:

> Question

Answer
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Example of the jumble that results when the same conversation mixes both 
top and bottom posting:
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On 06/17/2013 08:13 AM, Someone wrote:
> It still doesn't work.
>
>
> On 06/16/2013 09:48 PM, Someone Else wrote:
>
>> On 06/16/2013 17:22, Someone  wrote:
>>> It doesn't work.
>> Did you try modprobe -f?
>>> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do 
>>> eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>> ...
>> But other important information.
>> ...
>>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris 
>>> nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in 
>>> reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla 
>>> pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in 
>>> culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
>>> On 06/16/2013 12:17 PM, Someone Else wrote:
>>>> On 06/15/2013 11:21 PM, Someone wrote:
>>>>> How do I make this work?
>>>> Try modprobe.
>>
>> Sometimes you have to also...

I'm not sure what it may be, then.  Perhaps someone else has an idea.

S. Else
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