Joe Johnston wrote:
Top posting, also known as "jeopardy posting," has the unfortunate
consequence of giving the answer before the question is known.
Aaaargh.
Whenever I see a thread about "Top posting or
bottom posting?" it makes me want to shout out
NEITHER!!!
Both of them are a stupid and senseless waste of
bandwidth.
The only sensible quoting method is to quote as
*little* of the original as necessary to establish
context. Anyone who refuses to take the time to
do this is being selfish and lazy.