approx 100 assorted computer/ math/other books

[Roedy Green]

On 22 Oct 2003 20:08:04 GMT, Joona I Palaste <palaste at cc.helsinki.fi>
wrote or quoted :

>Are you referring to CBFalconer's quoting of Phil...? Here it is in its
>entirety:

neither.  I waited for an opportunity to vent on this without picking
on a specific culprit.  The practice of mindless quoting is
widespread.

I believe you should only quote the bare minimum.  Just quote what you
are commenting on.  Just quote the bare minimum to set the context for
your post.  If someone wants to study the original post, they can hit
up arrow.  Rereading and rereading previously posted material should
be the exception, not the rule.

But the posts that are most annoying are the ones that make you scroll
down and down and down to discover they are nothing but fluff.
Wisecracks SHOULD be top posted.



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