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From: Rafal 'Raf256' Maj
Subject: Re: Why does it do this?
Date: 8 Apr 2004 17:16:41
Message: <Xns94C5ECC08C640raf256com@203.29.75.35>
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>> "A: Top posters.
>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?"


Because it reverses natural way of reading text (top-to-bottom).
Why?
Answewaring above quote and/or question (aka top-posting).
What is the most anoying thing on Usenet?

;-)

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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Why does it do this?
Date: 8 Apr 2004 19:17:31
Message: <4075dd8b$1@news.povray.org>
"Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com> wrote in message
news:Xns94C5ECC08C640raf256com@203.29.75.35...
> stb### [at] hotmailcom news:407### [at] hotmailcom
>
> >> "A: Top posters.
> >> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?"
>
> Because it reverses natural way of reading text (top-to-bottom).
> Why?
> Answewaring above quote and/or question (aka top-posting).
> What is the most anoying thing on Usenet?

hmm, makes me think... how about a short story (maybe just a few lines) that you
can read top to bottom or bottom to top and they both make sense, but it's an
entirely different story :)
how difficult would that be :)

cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf


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