O.T. Actual airline pilot conversations

Response at the bottom!

Jo Anne Slaven wrote:

Dave Holford wrote:

It's just like paper files.


Yup.

Most people who don't have time to waste post the latest document on
top.


Most people who are only concerned about their own convenience put the
latest document in the place that is easiest for them to reach.

Those who have nothing better to do with their time open the fastener,
take out all the documents, put the latest on the bottom and then
replace all the previous ones so that everything is in sequence. It
keeps them happy and occupied!





People who wish to conform to previously established conventions, making
it easier for their peers to find information quickly, will file the
documents the way it has historically been done, so as not to confuse
people.


Exactly - the latest to arrive goes on top.
Just like the "IN" box on a desk which contains responses to
correspondence.
It is a stack, not a queue.

Actually I agree with Bill Denton. In those newsgroups where top posting
is the standard I try to top post and in those where bottom posting is
the standard I try to bottom post.

Sometimes when I'm more interested in the content than the policy I get
it wrong. It's like arguing religion - pointless, the believers believe
they are right and nothing will convert them. It makes for interminable
threads whose content bears no relationship to the header whatsoever -
how that helps to not confuse people escapes me. One would expect that
if helping peers find information quickly was even a minor consideration
the first action would be to make the header relevant.


But, it does provide some light entertainment on a slow day.

Dave